Hovey v. Eiswald
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Dissent
McLaughlin, J. (dissenting):
The statute provides that for any refusal to allow the stock book to be inspected “ such corporation and the officer or agent so refusing shall each forfeit” -the sum of $250. The officer or agent referred to includes the person who has or should have charge of the stock book. The defendant was the agent of the company in charge (of its office in JTew York city where the book should have been kept — in the absence of a transfer agent in this State, which the corporation did not have — and was the proper person ' from whom to. demand an inspection of it. That being…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Henry v. . Babcock Wilcox Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Lozier v. Saratoga Gas, Electric Light & Power Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901