Legal Opinion
In re Murphy & Co.
Missouri Court of Appeals
Decided October 16, 2001No. ED 78900PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, Judge.
International Business Machines Corporation (“IBM”) appeals the judgment authorizing Murphy & Company, Inc. (“Murphy”) to perpetuate testimony pursuant to Rule 57.02. We reverse and remand.
Murphy brought this action pursuant to Rule 57.02, which permits a person presently unable to bring an action or cause it to be brought to seek an order allowing the perpetuation of testimony by filing a verified petition in the circuit court in the county of residence of any expected adverse party.1 According to its petition, *41Murphy entered into a contract with a Japanese company,…
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- Mosseller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company v. United States of America and the Internal Revenue ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1995
- In re FerkaufDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1943
- In Re Gurnsey's PetitionDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Price v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 2004
- Spearman v. Western Missouri Mental Health CenterMissouri Court of Appeals · 2003