Marks's Appeal

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

The appellant, Dr. P. E. Marks, is Superintendent of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases of the City of Pittsburgh. In an action of assumpsit, brought by a beneficiary under a life insurance policy, pending in the County Court of Allegheny County, he was served by the insurance company defendant with a subpoena duces tecum requiring him to produce the records of his department or bureau relative to Martin Weitzel, the assured in said policy. • Dr. Marks appeared in court pursuant to the subpoena, but, on the advice of the City Solicitor, refused to produce the ‘records’…