People ex rel. Hoffman v. Tedcastle
The Superior Court of New York City
Application for a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel a transfer agent of a foreign corporation to exhibit to relator the transfer book and a list of the stockholders of the company.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAdam, J.
The defendant is the Hew York transfer agent of the Oregon Improvement Company, a foreign corporation created under the laws of Oregon, and doing business at Portland in that state. The relator, a stockholder of the company, requested the transfer agent to exhibit to him the transfer book and a list of the stockholders. Laws 1892, c. 688, § 53; Laws 1842, c. 165, §§ 1, 2; In re Sage, 70 N. Y. 220; In re Martin, 62 Hun, *136557; 42 St. Rep. 409 ; People v. Paton, 20 Abb. N. C. 172, 195 ; Ross v. Wigg, 34 Hun, 193. The defendant declined, upon the-ground that the books had been sent to the home…
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- People Ex Rel. Port Chester Savings Bank v. CromwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- People Ex Rel. McMackin v. . Bd. of PoliceNew York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Sage v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- People Ex Rel. Nicholl v. New York Infant AsylumNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- Kennedy v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1884
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