McLeod Tire Corp. v. B. F. Goodrich Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
In Equity. Suit by the McEeod Tire Corporation against the B. F. Goodrich Company. On plaintiff’s motion to be allowed inspection of drawings, etc.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
[1] It has been the practice in this district to attempt to simplify the issues and limit the testimony necessary at the trial by allowing inspection and compelling answer to interrogatories in patent cases very liberally. We have stopped little short of requiring almost everything except the names of witnesses and such information as would enable the interrogator to bring forward untruthful testimony to meet the evidence of his adversary. Dick v. Underwood (D. C.) 235 Fed. 300.
[2] The only objection to requiring inspection of working drawings or blueprints…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- A. B. Dick Co. v. Underwood Typewriter Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1916
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