Clark v. Geiger

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

This case raises an interesting question of procedure. It deals with the deposition of an out of State witness who is claimed to be mentally incompetent.

Herbert D. Clark brought a suit for libel in the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County against New Amsterdam Casualty Company and its employee, Charles Geiger. The suit was removed to this court. Clark claimed that At-well, Vogel & Sterling, Inc., his prospective employer, had asked Geiger and New Amsterdam, for whom he earlier had worked under the supervision of Geiger, for information about him, and that Geiger,…