Legal Opinion
Smith v. Automatic Photographic Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 18, 1905No. Gen. No. 11,625PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Mandamus proceeding. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Julian W. Mack, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Baker
delivered the opinion of the court.
1STo question is made as to the sufficiency of the petition, and the only question presented by the record is whether a mandamus will lie to compel a private corporation to permit a transfer of stock on its books when such stock has been purchased at private sale by the relator.
In People ex rel. v. Sterling Burial Case Mfg. Co., 82 Ill. 457, a petition for a mandamus to compel such a transfer was filed in the Circuit Court, to which an answer was filed which set up as a defense that the stock, the transfer of which upon the books…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Adams v. Goss & Phillips Manufacturing Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1881
- People's Bank v. GridleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
- People ex rel. Wallace v. Sterling Burial Case Manf. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by3 opinions
- Citizens National Bank v. Consolidated Glass Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- State v. New York-Mexican Oil Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1923
- Carus v. MatthiessenAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915