Sanfilipo v. Baptist Temple, Inc.

The plaintiff has sued for injuries he allegedly suffered while walking near defendants’ premises when snow and ice fell therefrom and struck him. It is stipulated that on an examination before trial of the plaintiff by defendants, the plaintiff testified that there were three witnesses to the accident, they being workmen of a crew of which he was foreman; and that defendants requested the names and addresses of said witnesses, but plaintiff refused to divulge them.

Defendants assert that they have no knowledge of the alleged accident, have been unable to learn of any witnesses thereto, and…