HUNT v. Ketell

This is a proceeding in mandamus brought by the petitioners to compel the delivery of certain corporate records in the possession of the defendant, a former president of the corporate petitioner. From a judgment of the circuit court directing the issuance of a peremptory writ, defendant appeals.

The alternative writ reveals that the petitioner Eoseburg Homes, Inc., hereinafter called the corporation, is an Oregon corporation engaged in the acquisition of lands upon which it constructs residential buildings for rental and sale; that its business is carried on largely in the vicinity of…