Opinion ID: 2449080
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: the company's answer

Text: The Company filed an answer in which it alleged facts showing a long but disagreeable relationship between the Whites and Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company. According to the answer, the Whites had improper purposes for wanting to inspect the books; they sought information in order to obtain a competitive advantage in the area in which the Whites and the Company were competitors and in order to be able to continue a program of studied harassment of Uvalde Rock Asphalt Company. According to the Company, the Whites sought to force the Company either to purchase the Whites' stock in the Company at a grossly inflated price or to sell to the Whites all of the Company's asphalt producing land at a grossly inadequate price. After filing this answer, the Company made a demand for a jury trial on the issue of whether the Whites had proper purposes in seeking to inspect the Company's books.