Branyan v. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij

WEINFELD, District Judge.

The plaintiffs, in four separate actions commenced against the same defendant, move pursuant to Rule 28(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. for the issuance of letters rogatory, directed to the Courts of India, for an oral examination and cross-examination of thirty-seven named witnesses and for the production of books, papers and records in their control.

The plaintiffs in each action are the widow and children respectively of four American journalists who were killed while passengers in an airplane owned and operated by the defendant, which…