State ex rel. Haeusler v. German Mutual Life Insurance
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ron. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) Each stockholder of a corporation is entitled, under the general rule of the common law (which has not been abridged by statute), to inspect its books, papers and records and to make extracts and copies therefrom, including a list of its stockholders’ names and addresses; and if such right be wrongfully denied him, it may be enforced by mandamus; the writ being granted, in the sound discretion of the…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Ron. Moses N. Sale, Judge. (1) Each stockholder of a corporation is entitled, under the general rule of the common law (which has not been abridged by statute), to inspect its books, papers and records and to make extracts and copies therefrom, including a list of its stockholders’ names and addresses; and if such right be wrongfully denied him, it may be enforced by mandamus; the writ being granted, in the sound discretion of the court, to protect his interest as such stockholder, where it is sought in good faith and for a proper purpose. State ex…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
This is a proceeding in mandamus. The application was made to the circuit court, which issued an alternative writ, but on hearing the evidence, declined to make it peremptory. From this judgment relators prosecute the appeal.
Respondent German Mutual Life' Insurance Company of St. Louis is a corporation organized under the provisions of a special act of the Legislature of Missouri, approved November 23, 1857. [See Laws of Missouri, 1857, Adj. Sess., p. 459.] This act of the Legislature authorized the organization of the company as a mutual life insurance company and the statute referred to…
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