State ex rel. Keller v. Grymes
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of one Keller, to com-, pel J. C. Grymes to give relator full access to all the correspondence, books, records, and papers of the Wake Forrest Mining Company. A peremptory writ was awarded, and Grymes brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
This is a proceeding by mandamus in the circuit court of Ka-nawha county and involves the question of the right of a director of a corporation, who is also one of its stockholders, to inspect, and make copies of so much of the books, records, accounts and correspondence of such corporation, as he may desire.
*452The relator is a stockholder and director in the Wake Forest Mining Company, a West Virginia corporation, engaged in the business of mining and selling coal in Kanawha connty. Its capital stock consists of 250 shares of the par value of $100 each. Relator owns 30 shares and…
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