People ex rel. Gunst v. Goldstein
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, Louis A. Goldstein, 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 26th day of January, 1899, granting the relator’s motion for a peremptory writ of mandamus, directed to the defendant, commanding him to produce the stock book of the J. M. Gunst Disinfecting Company, and allow the relator and his attorney to inspect the same, and torn ake extracts therefrom.
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, J.:
The order appealed from commanded the defendant, who is the-secretary and treasurer of the J. H. Gunst Disinfecting Company,, to produce the-stock book of the company and to allow the relator,, who is its president, to inspect it and to make-extracts therefrom. It seems strange that there should be a controversy upon such a subject. The president of the company is clearly entitled to examine its books, and the secretary should only be too willing to permit him to do so. And yet the defendant opposed .the relator’s application below, and now appeals from an order directing him to…
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