McLennan v. Kansas City, St. J. & C. B. R. Co.

After this cause -was removed to this court from the state court, wherein it was originally brought, the plaintiff sued out a commission to take the depositions of certain witnesses residing at Nebraska City, Nebraska, upon written interrogations in the manner provided for in the statutes of Iowa, regulating the procurement of testimony in causes pending in the state court. Notice of the intent to sue out the commission, with a copy of the interrogatories to be propounded to the witnesses, was served upon the counsel for defendant. The commission was issued to F. R. Ireland, a notary public…