Stone v. Kellogg
Appellate Court of Illinois
Mandamus.—To compel a corporation to permit access to its books. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895. Statement oe the Case.
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Mandamus.—To compel a corporation to permit access to its books. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895. Statement oe the Case. The appellee, Kellogg, filed his petition in the Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the appellant Stone was the president, and the appellant Chapman was the secretary, of the Central Union Telephone Company, an Illinois corporation, of which the petitioner was a director and stockholder, and praying for a writ to compel these officers to exhibit to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman
The petition after setting forth attempts of the petitioner to obtain an inspection of the books of the company, and also setting forth the correspondence admitted to have taken place, contains the following :
“ That at the time fixed in said letters, to wit, June 25, 1894, the complainant called on the defendant Chapman and asked him if he had received his communication of the 21st, heretofore referred to, and would allow the complainant to inspect the records and accounts referred to in it; to which the said Chapman replied: “I regret to say that I must respectfully decline to let you see…
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