STATE v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY

No. 48831.

358 S.W.2d 772 (1962)

STATE of Missouri ex rel. John S. JONES (Relator), Appellant, v. RALSTON PURINA COMPANY, a Missouri corporation, and Lewis B. Stuart, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brackman, Oetting & Brackman, William J. Oetting, Paul Brackman, Clayton, for appellant.

R. H. McRoberts, Marion S. Francis, St. Louis, for respondents, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, of counsel.


LEEDY, Judge.

Mandamus by a stockholder to compel corporation to permit inspection and copying of specifically designated corporate "reports and records," and to enforce statutory forfeiture against the individual respondent for having thrice refused the stockholder's demand to so inspect. The trial court found for respondents and entered judgment quashing the alternative writ. The stockholder appealed to the St. Louis Court of Appeals, and in an opinion reported...

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