Eldred v. Elliott
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Mandamus by Willard H. Eldred, trustee, to compel James R. Elliott, secretary of the Michigan Traction Oompany, to produce certain books and records for an examination. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondent on writ of certiorari.
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Certiorari to Kalamazoo; Knappen, J. Mandamus by Willard H. Eldred, trustee, to compel James R. Elliott, secretary of the Michigan Traction Oompany, to produce certain books and records for an examination. An order granting the writ is reviewed by respondent on writ of certiorari. The Michigan United Railways Company obtained possession of the property of the Michigan Traction Company in the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, under a conveyance in which a consideration of one dollar was named, and proceeded to operate and control the lines of electric railway previously held and controlled by the…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Relator, as trustee for the City Bank of Battle Creek, owns 166 shares of the capital stock of the Michigan Traction Company, of the par value of $16,600. Respondent is secretary of the company. Relator, in June, 1909, filed his petition in the circuit court for the county of Kalamazoo for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent to produce, at the principal office of the said company at Kalamazoo, or at some other place, all of the hooks and records of said company at a time to be fixed by the court, and to permit relator to have access to and to inspect such books and records. An order…
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