Johnson Steel Street-Rail Co. v. North Branch Steel Co.

The difference "between this rule and that in the case of John Fulton, (48 Fed. Rep. 191.) is that Mr. Moxham is the president of the plaintiff company, as well as the patentee named in the patent in suit, and the drawings and templates called lor by the subpoena dvees le-cum are those in the possession of Mr. Moxham, or of the plaintiff company. The general rule seems to he settled that a party to the suit, or the oflieer of a corporation party, may be subpoenaed to bring such documents as are material to the issue. In Murray v. Elston, 28 N. J. Eq. 212, it is said that a party to a suit can…