State ex rel. English v. Lazarus
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. The circuit court of the city of St. Louis had jurisdiction to make the order of peremptory mandamus to compel officers of appellee Acme Cement Plaster Company to allow appellant, a stockholder to inspect records described in the alternative writ. Swift v. State, 6 Atl. 864, 7 Houst.
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court.—Hon. Walter B. Douglas, Judge. The circuit court of the city of St. Louis had jurisdiction to make the order of peremptory mandamus to compel officers of appellee Acme Cement Plaster Company to allow appellant, a stockholder to inspect records described in the alternative writ. Swift v. State, 6 Atl. 864, 7 Houst. (Del.) 137; State ex rel. v. Land & Timber Co., 106 La., 633; Guthrie v. Harkness, 199 U. S. 158. The plaintiff, to support the jurisdiction of the court in the present instance, relies wholly upon the provisions of section 1024, Revised…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
Relator appeals from a judgment denying a peremptory writ of mandamus, commanding the respondents to permit him to inspect the books of the Acme Cement Plaster Company. Said company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois, but its books are in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, in the custody of respondents Samuel Lazarus and Samuel Walker, who are respectively its president and vice-president, and the corporation itself is doing business in this State under authority of our statutes (art. IX, ch. 12, R. S. 1899). Relator, Otto B. English, is the owner and holder of twelve…
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