Commonwealth v. Empire Pass. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 134 Pa. 237
• 19 A. 629
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 696

Syllabus

<p>(a) The relation of a stockholder, praying for a mandamus requiring a 1 railroad company to permit him to copy the list of its stockholders, under the provisions of § 2, article XYII. of the constitution, set forth as the purpose thereof, merely that the relator might solicit other stockholders to join him in litigation against the company:</p> <p>1. Said provision of the constitution does not confer any such right. It provides, simply, that a list of the stockholders shall be kept at the office of tiie company, and that it shall be open to the inspection of stockholders and creditors, but it does not confer the right to take copies of such list.</p> <p>2. But even if such right were conferred, the relator, failing to allege that either he or the other stockholders had suffered or might suffer any injury by reason of any corporate act, done or threatened, or that other stockholders were necessary parties to the litigation proposed, the writ should not be allowed.</p>