Wertheim v. Continental Ry. & Trust Co.

There are informalities in the record upon which this motion to attach witnesses for contempt has been argued, which lead to a denial of the motion. But counsel have desired that the main question involved should be considered and decided as a guide to their future action in the cause. This question is whether the president and secretary of the North River Construction Company, a corporation, can be compelled by a subpoena duces tecum to produce books and papers of the corporation in a suit in equity, to which the corporation is not a party, upon the application of one of the parties. The…