Johnson v. Langdon

COOPER, C.

Plaintiff, a stockholder of the corporation of which defendant is secretary, filed his verified petition for a writ of mandate to compel defendant, as such secretary, to permit him to inspect the books, records, and journals of the said corporation. After a demurrer was overruled to the complaint, the defendant answered, and in his answer set forth affirmatively that the object and purpose of the plaintiff is to injure the corporation of which defendant is secretary, and to gain information for the private use of plaintiff, in connection with two other corporations, of which…