People ex rel. Lorge v. Consolidated National Bank
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Joseph W. Lorge, 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 31st day of March, 1905, denying the relator’s paotion for a peremptory writ of mandamus.
1Opinion of the Court
Hatch, J.:
The relator is a stockholder of the defendant bank, owning ten shares of stock. After he became such owner he applied to the bank for leave to make a copy of the list of stockholders of the bank; this request was refused by its officers. Thereafter he called at the bank during business hours and asked to see the stock book. The same was exhibited to him, and he commenced to make a copy of the list of stockholders, when the officers of the bank removed the book and refused to permit him to make a copy of any memorandum therefrom. The relator contended that he had a right so to do,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Matter of SteinwayNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Matter of Tuttle v. . Iron Nat. BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
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- Rockwell v. SCM Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
- Lauer v. Bayside National BankAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
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