State v. People's Building & Loan Ass'n

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

The relator having purchased twenty-five shares of the stock of the defendant association, standing on its books in the name of Charles Mayhew, applied to said association for a transfer of the shares on the books.

The defendant refused to accede to this request, and thereupon the relator applied for a mandamus to enforce compliance with his demand.

Mr. High, in his work on Extraordinary Eemedies, § 313, states the rule, as follows: “In conformity with the general principle that mandamus will not lie where other adequate and specific remedy…