State Ex Rel. Berge v. Superior Court

There was pending in the superior court of Clallam county an action for personal injuries in which Leona Case, by G. W. Case, her guardian ad litem, was plaintiff, and William Gould and Robert Gould were defendants. The defendants employed Doctor J. H. Berge to examine the plaintiff as to the nature and extent of her injuries, to which examination she voluntarily submitted. Later, the doctor residing more than twenty miles from the place of trial and not in Clallam county, the plaintiff sought to take his deposition. In response to a subpoena, he appeared before a notary public and was…