In re United States Pipe-Line Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from special term, Hew York county. Application by the United States Pipe-Line Company for subpoenas directed to various witnesses commanding them to appears and testify before Charles S. Whitman, Esq., a commissioner named' in a certain commission issued on behalf of defendant out of the-court of common pleas for McKean county, Pa., sitting in equity,, in an action pending in said court wherein the Hational Transit Company and J. C. McDowell are plaintiffs and the…
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Appeal from special term, Hew York county. Application by the United States Pipe-Line Company for subpoenas directed to various witnesses commanding them to appears and testify before Charles S. Whitman, Esq., a commissioner named' in a certain commission issued on behalf of defendant out of the-court of common pleas for McKean county, Pa., sitting in equity,, in an action pending in said court wherein the Hational Transit Company and J. C. McDowell are plaintiffs and the United States Pipe-Line Company is defendant. From an order denying a motion to compel witnesses to answer certain…
1Opinion of the CourtRumsey, J.
In September, 1896, an action was pending in the court of common pleas of McKean county, Pa., in which the National Transit Company and another were plaintiffs, and the United States Pipe-Line Company was defendant. The court in which that action was pending appointed a commissioner to take the testimony in the city of New York of certain persons residing therein, as witnesses, to be used in that action. This testimony was to be taken by oral questions. A proper application was made, as required by the Code, to a justice of this court, who issued a subpoena requiring the wit-messes to appear…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Dudley v. . MayhewNew York Court of Appeals · 1849
- Post & Co. v. Toledo, Cincinnati, & St. Louis RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1887
- Mitchell v. SmithNew York Court of Chancery · 1828