State ex rel. Gwinn v. Bucklin

Citations

• 83 Wash. 23
• 145 P. 58
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1582

Syllabus

<p>Corporations — By-Laws—Force and Effect. A by-law of a title and abstract corporation providing that each stockholder shall have the right to inspect the books and records of the company at any time during business hours, has all the force and effect of a statute to the same effect.</p> <p>Corporations — Stockholders — Rights — Inspection of Books;— Motives. The right of inspection of corporate books, given to stockholders of a title and abstract corporation, cannot be withheld by the corporation on the ground that the only purpose of such inspection was to secure a knowledge of the company’s customers and prices, which such stockholders desired to use in aid of a rival abstract company belonging to such stockholders, and to the injury of the business of the corporation.</p>