Firemens' Insurance Co. v. Mayor of Baltimore
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The appellee filed a petition on the 16th'May 1863, praying for a mandamus, to be directed to the President and Directors of the Fireman's Insurance Company, a corporation located and doing business in Baltimore city, requiring the President of said Company to return to the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city, a list of the stockholders of said Company, with the place of residence of each stockholder, and the amount of stock…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore city. The appellee filed a petition on the 16th'May 1863, praying for a mandamus, to be directed to the President and Directors of the Fireman's Insurance Company, a corporation located and doing business in Baltimore city, requiring the President of said Company to return to the Appeal Tax Court of Baltimore city, a list of the stockholders of said Company, with the place of residence of each stockholder, and the amount of stock held by each. The petition assumed the right of the appellee to demand, and the obligation of the appellant to return,…
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, J.
We concur in the opinion of the Superior Court in this case, and think the mandamus was properly ordered. The appellant is a joint stock corporation in the city of Baltimore, subject to the provisions of the 9*7th section, 81st Art. of the Code; and was bound, by the express terms of that section, to furnish to the Appeal Tax Court the list of stockholders, with their places of residence, and the amount of stock held by each, and having failed or refused to do so, the appropriate remedy to enforce a compliance with the obligation so imposed, was by the writ of mandamus.
The learned Judge, in…
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