State ex rel. Schafer v. Citizens Nat. Bank of Ironton
| Decision Date | 25 February 1959 |
| Docket Number | No. 35828,35828 |
| Parties | , 7 O.O.2d 396 STATE ex rel. SCHAFER v. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF IRONTON, Ohio, et al. |
| Court | Ohio Supreme Court |
J. Earl Pratt, Ironton, for relator.
J. B. Collier, Ironton, for respondents.
Mandamus is not available where there is a plain and adequate remedy, either legal or equitable, in the ordinary course of the law. State ex rel. Stanley v. Cook, 146 Ohio St. 348, 66 N.E.2d 207; State ex rel. Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Co. v. Industrial Commission, 162 Ohio St. 302, 123 N.E.2d 23.
The relief sought by relator is an act which may be compelled by injunction, the proper form of remedy to enforce the right of a shareholder in a private corporation to inspect its books and records. Cincinnati Volksblatt Co. v. Hoffmeister, 62 Ohio St. 189, 56 N.E. 1033, 78 Am.St.Rep. 707, 48 L.R.A. 732.
The demurrer to the amended petition is sustained and a writ of mandamus is denied.
Demurrer sustained and writ denied.
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