In re Steinway
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the petitioner, Henry W. T. Steinway, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of December, 1897, denying his application for a peremptory writ of mandamus directed to Charles H. Steinway and others, the president, secretary, treasurer and trustees of the corporation of Steinway & Sons, commanding them to exhibit to the petitioner and his attorney and…
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Appeal by the petitioner, Henry W. T. Steinway, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 21st day of December, 1897, denying his application for a peremptory writ of mandamus directed to Charles H. Steinway and others, the president, secretary, treasurer and trustees of the corporation of Steinway & Sons, commanding them to exhibit to the petitioner and his attorney and accountants all books of account, records and papers of Stein way & Sons from the end of the- year 1891 to the time of such…
1Opinion of the Court
Patterson, J.:
The relator applied for a mandamus to compel the officers and directors of a corporation in which he is a shareholder to permit him to examine and inspect certain books and papers of that corpo*71ration other than the transfer books. The application was denied at Special Term, no ground of the denial being mentioned in the order, but it appearing otherwise that the learned judge was satisfied that the relator had no absolute legal right to the writ, and concluded that the examination was desired solely for annoying and oppressive purposes.
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- People ex rel. Onderdonk v. MottNew York Supreme Court · 1845
- People ex rel. Richmond v. Pacific Mail Steamship Co.New York Supreme Court · 1867
- People ex rel. Stobo v. EadieNew York Supreme Court · 1892
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