Paine v. Warren

The plaintiff commenced an action by service of a sum■mons-in the state court, and, before the pleadings were served or filed, the action was removed to this court, and a motion made to compel the •defendant to allow an inspection of books to enable the plaintiff to frame his complaint. If the practice of the state courts as prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure had been applicable, the plaintiff would have been entitled to an inspection if the facts of the case were such as to justify such an exercise of discretion. But proceedings for production and inspection of books and documents in…