Show HARKNESS WINS AFTER LONG UONG FIGHT Supreme Court of the United States Hands Down Opinion in Celebrated Ogden Bank Case Right of Shareholder to Inspect Books Affirmed 1 to The Herald HeraldA A I Oct SO Tho United led W V V Status Statue supreme court today toda handed down a n highly hl Important tant decision in a n case arising at ut Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den Utah in which it Is held that a stockholder in any an national bank has haa a aright aright right to examine time the books hooks of that 1 bunk and that directors and V other j bank officials hac have no mo right or author authority authorIty I ity to deny den such stockholder access M to I the banks bank records The decision was wa I handed down do m by Justice ustice J Day DIlY in tJi tJ tha case of J W Guthrie A R Heywood 1 Henry Conant Edward Conant Pat rat Patrick Patrick rick Healy R T r Hume and O 0 M lf plaintiffs in error against H HO HI O 0 Harkness Time The case came callie UP no on writ of error from the time supreme court count of Utah the court affirming a the time decision of timp court below with costs Harkne Harkness is a n stockholder in the Commercial National bank bunk of Ogden and claimed the time right light as stockholder to have hae access to and make an tion of f the th confidential records of the bank particularly the records of loans and deposits lIe He declared he wanted to inspect the books to ascertain the time value of his stock and also ascertain whether the time business affairs of the time bank were wore being properly conducted for lie ho had doubts about the time methods in vogue This right was denied him by the time bank officials and he lie took time the ease case to court COUlt with the result above abo stated decision being final Justice Day held that Harkness had sought an opportunity to inspect the time books of or the time bank to satisfy himself that the time concern was not being beins im improperly Improperly improperly properly conducted and coming to the point at issue said There can be no imo question that the time decisive weight of American authority recognizes the common law right of ot the time shareholder for 01 proper purposes and amid reasonable regulations as to place and time to inspect Ct the books of 01 the time corporation of which he lie is a mem member her ber |