Strong & Trowbridge Co. v. Defiance Machine Works
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, The Defiance Machine Works, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 23d day of February, 1918, as modified in certain respects a prior order requiring the examination of the plaintiff, by certain of its officers, and the production and inspection of certain papers and books of account with respect to issues raised by the counterclaims.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The original order was of a broad, drag-net character and was properly limited so as to confine the examination to the issues raised by the counterclaims. Appellant claims that the order prevents it from offering the plaintiff’s books and papers in evidence, but an inspection of the order shows that *870it does nothing of the kind. If it did of course the order would have to be modified. Appellant’s only real grievance is a provision in the order depriving defendant of the right to inspect the plaintiff’s papers and books in connection with the examination. I do not interpret the…
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