B. F. Sturtevant Co. v. Sullivan

A deposition read in evidence by the plaintiff is said by appellant to have been opened before the trial; this, it is alleged, was done without any order of court. Upon the trial the defendant objected to the reading of the deposition, on the ground that the same was opened and removed from the files by the plaintiff’s attorney without leave of court. If the plaintiff’s attorney did as was charged in the objection, he was guilty of a contempt of court, and the defendant might, and may now, move to have him dealt with therefor.

If we were to presume that the charge contained in the objection is…