Williams v. Williams-McWilliams Industries, Inc.

Petitioner seeks an order compelling respondent, a Delaware corporation of which petitioner is a director, to allow him and his representatives to examine respondent’s stock books and stock records, to make extracts therefrom or copies thereof, and to direct respondent to furnish petitioner, at petitioner’s expense, a certified copy of the stockholders’ list of the corporation. The respondent has cross-moved to dismiss the petition as a matter of law. Respondent’s application has been grounded on the contention that the petition “ fails to state facts sufficient to entitle Petitioner to the…