Swift v. State ex rel. Richardson
Supreme Court of Delaware
Error to review a judgment* of the Superior Court of New Castle County in favor of relator, granting a writ of mandamus to compel defendant, a corporate officer, to permit relator, a stockholder, to make copies of certain entries in the company’s books.
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Error to review a judgment* of the Superior Court of New Castle County in favor of relator, granting a writ of mandamus to compel defendant, a corporate officer, to permit relator, a stockholder, to make copies of certain entries in the company’s books. This was an application by David M. Richardson, the relator, a resident of Michigan and a stockholder in the Diamond Match Company, a corporation of Connecticut, owning property in this State, for a mandamus to compel William H. Swift, a resident of this State, its president, who had possession of certain books and papers belonging to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Saulsbury, Chancellor,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The case comes before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Superior Court of. this State in and for New Castle County, in favor of David M. Richardson against William H. Swift, president of the Diamond Match Company. Eichardson was the holder and owner of shares of stock in the Diamond Match Company, a corporation under the laws of Connecticut. Swift was a director and president of said company, and resides in this State.
As a stockholder in said company, Richardson applied to Swift for permission to inspect and take copies of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Muir v. ThroopNew York Supreme Court · 1834
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- State v. Loft, Inc.Superior Court of Delaware · 1931
- State Ex Rel. Brumley v. Jessup & Moore Paper Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1910
- Rosen v. Alleghany CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1955
- Perrott v. United States Banking CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1944
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