Perkins Oil Well Cementing Co. v. Owen

JAMES, District Judge.

Defendant has presented exceptions to interrogatories propounded by the plaintiff. The suit is for infringement of patent, and claim is made for recovery of treble damages under the statutory provision. The defendant insists -that to compel him to make answer to the interrogatories may result in admissions *760being extracted from him which will aid in making out a case justifying treble damages, and that hence he is privileged not to answer. Counsel for the plaintiff was disposed at the argument to admit that the defendant might not be compelled to answer interrogatories…