Knox v. Coburn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Petition for mandamus brought under R. S., Chap. 51, Sec. 22, seeking to permit the plaintiff to inspect the books of the corporation and make copies of the names of stockholders of the Androscoggin Mills, of Lewiston, Maine.' After hearing, the presiding Justice ruled in favor of plaintiff; to which ruling defendant filed exceptions. Judgment in accordance with opinion. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, C. J.
This is a petition brought by a stockholder of the Androscoggin Mills, of Lewiston, Maine, for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondent, the clerk of the corporation, to allow him to inspect the stock book, to take- copies and minutes therefrom of such parts as concern his interests, and. to make a list of the stockholders, their residences and the amount of stock held by each.
The respondent admits the right of the petitioner to inspect the books, but denies him the right to make copies of the books and of ' the list of stockholders.
R. S., Chap. 51, Sec. 22, provides that the corporate…
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