Washington Supreme Court June 16, 1923, No. 17670 (State ex rel. Heitman v. First Bank)

Parker, J.

The relator, Heitman, commenced this proceeding in the superior court for Pierce county, seeking a writ of mandamus to compel the officers of the defendant hank to allow him to examine its hooks *322and records, which, right he claims by virtue of his ownership of shares of the capital stock of the bank.