Doggett v. North American Life Insurance

A petition for a writ of mandamus' to compel North American Life Insurance Company of Chicago, its president, E. S. Ashbrook, and its secretary, W. O. Morris, to permit the petitioner, or his agents and attorneys, to inspect and examine the list of names of the stockholders of said corporation, the record of their addresses and the number of shares of stock held by them, and to make extracts therefrom. The case was tried by the court without a jury. A judgment was entered denying the writ. Petitioner appeals.

This was the second trial of this cause. In the first trial, also tried by the court…