Crandall v. Ford Motor Co.

Appeal from an order for a pre-trial examination of defendant.

The order covers twenty-eight pages of the printed record; the subjects concerning which inquiries may be made are listed in sixty numbered paragraphs. The action is brought to recover $1,000,000 damages alleged to have been suffered through the claimed unauthorized use by the defendant of a device which it is alleged plaintiff originated and developed. The device had to do with the attachment of the aerial connected with the radio installed in thousands of automobiles manufactured by defendant. The scope of the order is too broad.…