Legal Opinion
Empresa Agricola Chicama Ltda. v. Amtorg Trading Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 10, 1944PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIFKIND, District Judge.
The defendant moves for an order vacating the plaintiff’s notice to take the testimony of a witness by written interrogatories. The motion presents a novel question.
The proposed interrogatories disclose that plaintiff proposes to elicit from the witness evidence as to the law of Peru. The complaint does not plead Peruvian law; not do the allegations of the complaint disclose facts from which it can be inferred that the controversy between the parties is governed by the laws of Peru.
Under Rule 26(b), F.R.C.P., 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, a witness can be…
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