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Force's Petition

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 21, 1919No. Appeal, No. 323PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1919, by Joseph M. Force, from order of C. P. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 159, refusing petition to issue subpoenas in the matter of the petition of Joseph M. Force, Commissioner to take testimony in re Wheat Export Company, Inc., v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Petition for authority to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses. Before Rossiter, P. J. The court dismissed the petition. Joseph M. Force appealed.

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Appeal, No. 323, Jan. T., 1919, by Joseph M. Force, from order of C. P. Erie Co., Feb. T., 1919, No. 159, refusing petition to issue subpoenas in the matter of the petition of Joseph M. Force, Commissioner to take testimony in re Wheat Export Company, Inc., v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Petition for authority to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses. Before Rossiter, P. J. The court dismissed the petition. Joseph M. Force appealed. Error assigned was order dismissing the petition.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Appellant presented a petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Erie County setting forth his appointment by *229the Supreme Court of New York commissioner to take testimony of certain witnesses residing in the City of Erie, to be read in evidence upon the trial of the case of Wheat Export Co. v. Penna. R. R. Co., then pending before the court issuing the commission. Petitioner averred that, by virtue of such commission, he summoned the persons named as witnesses to appear before him at a fixed time and bring with them designated records and memoranda showing the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McAllister's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1868
  2. Lawrence County's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1871
  3. Mechanics National Bank v. BuckmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1916
  4. Neilson's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1911

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Janssen v. Belding-Corticelli, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1936
  2. Alloy Metal Wire Company, Inc., AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Bascetta v. BascettaConnecticut Appellate Court · 1983
  4. Arcadia Knitting Mills, Inc. v. Minowitz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1944
  5. Commonwealth v. Wanamaker, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Montgomery County1932

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