In re St. Andrew Associates

This ex parte application for an examination and discovery pursuant to CPLR 3102 (subd. [c]), as a prelude to a summary proceeding, presents a novel question without precedent, and thus requires some elucidation.

St. Andrew Associates, the landlord of the building at 1372 Sixth Ave., New York, N. Y., is seeking herein by way of this application to notice the following companies: Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, Ward Baking, Bond Baking, Arnold Bread Co., Pepperidge Farm Bread Co., and others, for oral examinations and to produce certain records, books and bills, relating to their sales of goods to Abel…