Sawers v. American Phenolic Corp.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County awarding A. Ritchie Sawers, hereinafter referred to as petitioner, a writ of mandamus to enable him to copy a list of shareholders of the American Phenolic Corporation, hereinafter referred to as defendant, and assessing a statutory penalty against the individual defendants,. A. J. Schmitt and Carl V. Wisner, Jr., in the amount of $123.75, as president and secretary of the defendant corporation, because of their refusal to permit petitioner to copy said list. The appeal comes directly to this court on the question of the…