Legal Opinion

Gray v. Schneider

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York

Decided November 8, 1902PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Motion to Compel Production and Allow Inspection of Books before Trial at Law. Rev. St. U. S. § 724 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 583].

1Opinion of the Court

LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

The practice in the past has been somewhat unsettled, but the exhaustive opinion in Victor G. Bloede Co. v. Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. (C. C.) 98 Fed. 175, shows that the weight of authority is in favor of the relief prayed for, especially where a bill of discovery has elicited the information that books exist which contain the entries defendant seeks to prove. Indeed, since the act of 1892 the Code practice is also available. The books may contain other entries with which he has no concern, ánd which he ought not to see. The order, therefore, while requiring their…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Victor G. Bloede Co. of Baltimore City v. Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Delaware · 1899

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Boswell v. CurtisMissouri Court of Appeals · 1960
  2. United States v. Morton Salt CompanyDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1962
  3. American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1907
  4. Cameron Lumber Co. v. DroneyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western New York · 1904
  5. Rosenberger v. ShubertU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Missouri · 1910

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