Encyclopædia Britannica Co. v. Werner Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In Equity. On complainant’s application for a commission for taking depositions of foreign witnesses.
1Opinion of the Court
TANNING, District Judge.
The complainant has, on due notice,, applied to this court for a commission to take the testimony of witnesses residing in London, England, upon written interrogatories and cross-interrogatories. The defendants insist that they be permitted to conduct their cross-examination orally. The question is as to the power of the court and the proper practice in such a case.
Both parties agree that the application is not made under the provisions of section 863 of the United States Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 661]. That section plainly authorizes depositions de…
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