Babcock v. Harrsch

This is an action in assumpsit for $2500 by Charles W. Babcock, defendant in error, against Robert E. Harrsch and William G. Harrsch, plaintiffs in error, brought in the superior court of Cook county to recover a penalty under section 38 of the general Corporation act for the alleged refusal of plaintiffs in error to permit defendant in error, a stockholder in the Highways Motor Company, to make an inspection of the records and books of that corporation. The declaration consists of the common counts, simply, for goods, wares and merchandise delivered, for money lent and advanced and for money…