In re the Issuance of Subpœnas Directed to Topliffe

On the taking of a deposition of an attorney as a witness, in this State, pursuant to a commission issued out of the Superior Court of Fairfield County, Connecticut, the attorney asserts the privilege surrounding confidential communications between attorney and client. The attorney is the New York attorney of the plaintiff in the Connecticut action. The attorney’s motion to vacate a subpceena served on him was denied by this court but, in his opinion denying the motion Mr. Justice Levy said: (N. Y. L. J., Dec. 19, 1947, p. 1821, col. 7): “ No ruling is made at this time concerning claimed…