Ex Parte Hart

BOULDIN, Justice.

Section 7774 of Code of 1923 deals with the production of documents under the control of a party to a suit at law for use as evidence by the opposing party. In such case, the court, on motion of the party desiring the production of such document in possession of the opposing party, may after notice require the production of a document “which contain [s] evidence pertinent to the issue.”

In Steverson v. Agee & Co., 14 Ala.App. 448, 70 So. 298, the Court of Appeals, in a well-considered opinion by Judge Thomas, reviewed the history of this statute, defined its purpose and field…