Ex Parte Rice

MERRILL, Justice.

On December 7, 1955, petitioner sued Soundscriber Sales Corporation, et al. in trespass, trover and detinue. Defendant had notices and subpoenas duces tecum served on petitioner and one witness to take their depositions under the provisions of Act No. 375, Acts of Alabama 1955, Vol. II, page 901. Petitioner moved to strike the subpoenas on various grounds, including objections that the act was unconstitutional. The motion was overruled, but the taking of depositions was stayed pending action by this court on petitioner’s application for mandamus, by which he seeks to review…