State ex rel. Johnson v. St. Louis Transit Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Original Proceeding by Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (1) Relator is a stockholder and he is therefore by statute and common law entitled to examine the books and. records of the company. R. S. 1899, sec. 966. Relator must haye a clear legal right, and no other specific legal remedy. Williams y. Judge of Cooper Court, 27 Mo. 227; Sheridan y.
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Original Proceeding by Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (1) Relator is a stockholder and he is therefore by statute and common law entitled to examine the books and. records of the company. R. S. 1899, sec. 966. Relator must haye a clear legal right, and no other specific legal remedy. Williams y. Judge of Cooper Court, 27 Mo. 227; Sheridan y. Fleming, 93 Mo. 325. Such remedy must be plain, speedy, adequate, not doubtful, and it must be competent to afford relief upon the very subject-matter of his application. State y. Wright, 10 Nevada 167; Fremont v. Cripper, 10 Cal. 211; Williams v.…
1Opinion of the CourtGoode, J.
This is an original proceeding by mandamus against the St. Louis Transit Company, a domestic street railway corporation, and James Adkins, its secretary and treasurer and custodian of its books, to compel respondents to permit relator to inspect the books and records of said transit company. The amended alternative writ alleges that relator Johnson, on June 15, *1131906, and other dates mentioned in the writ, was a shareholder in said company, owning one hundred and ninety eight shares of its capital stock; that said company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Missouri, and…
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- State ex rel. Doyle v. LaughlinMissouri Court of Appeals · 1893
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