People ex rel. Field v. Northern Pac. R.
The Superior Court of New York City
Application for a mandamus to compel tlie respondents, the "Northern Pacific Bailroad Company, “ to exhibit to the relator the transfer-books of the preferred stock of said company, or other hooks containing the names and addresses of the holders of the preferred stock of said company; and to permit said relator, his attorney or clerks, to take therefrom the names and addresses of the registered holders of said preferred stock.”
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham:, J.
In determining this question I shall not attempt to do more than to give the conclusions at which I have arrived, as I think it important to the parties in interest that the motion should be decided at once. The respondent is a corporation created by an act of congress, and is the owner and operates a railroad running through several states and territories, and has an *472office in the City of New York. The plaintiff is the holder of 200 shares of the preferred stock and 500 shares of the common stock of said corporation, and as such requested the officers of said corporation in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Jenkins v. Parker Vein Coal Co.New York Supreme Court · 1854