UVALDE ROCK ASPHALT COMPANY v. Loughridge

SMITH, Justice.

Relators, Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company, H. Randolph Brown, president of the Company, and William K. Clark, secretary of the Company, brought this original mandamus proceeding in this Court to have the trial judge expunge from the record an order for discovery. The sole question before us is whether the trial judge so abused his discretion as to render void his order for discovery which has deprived the Relators of a jury trial on the issue of whether a stockholder has a proper purpose in requesting the right to inspect the records of the corporation. We hold that the Relators’…