Williams v. Sammis

Appeal by plaintiff from an order that denied his motion for an examination before trial of the defendant individually and granted her examination, as administratrix, to the extent only of permitting a discovery and inspection of decedent’s books showing transactions between plaintiff and decedent. Order, insofar as appealed from, affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, the examination to proceed on five days’ notice. The examination of defendant as administratrix must be limited to such knowledge as she possesses in her representative capacity since she is to be examined as an…