Legal Opinion
Kirkpatrick v. Pope Manuf'g Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 14, 1894No. 398PublishedCited by 5 opinions
This is an action brought by Thomas J. Kirkpatrick against the Pope Manufacturing Company to recover royalties.
1Opinion of the Court
TOWHSJEHD, District Judge.
This is a motion to require the defendant to produce at the trial of an action at law certain books and papers, under the provisions of section 724, Rev. St. U. S., which is as follows:
“In the trial of actions at law, the courts of the United States may, on motion and due notice thereof, require the parties to produce hooks or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the same by the ordinary rules of proceeding in chancery. If a plaintiff fails to…
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