Edison Electric Co. v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.

GREEN, District Judge.

1. Construing the notice given by complainants to defendants for the taking of testimony as a notice that complainants desired the testimony in the cause to be taken *461orally, and following the case of Bischoffscheim v. Baltzer (C. C.) 10 Fed. 1, I think it proper to permit the defendants to cross-examine Sir William Thomson orally, if they so elect. Such election must be made within 10 days from date.

2. If defendants elect to cross-examine orally, such cross-examination must immediately follow the close of the direct examination. The commissioner will not be directed to…