Weeks v. Baltimore & O. R.

KALODNER, District Judge.

This petition arises out of a notice by defendant to take the oral depositions of plaintiffs family at Richmond, Virginia. Plaintiff seeks to have the defendant charged with the travelling expenses and the fee of his attorney for attending the taking of the depositions. It is urged that it is within this Court’s equitable powers to so order.

If this Court has the power to charge the defendant with such expenses, it must stem from Rule 30(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following Section 723(c). I have found *18a number of cases where expenses and…