Gotthelf v. Hillcrest Lumber Co.

The question on this appeal is whether, over the objection of a party being examined before trial, a mechanical recording device may be used to take down the testimony.

The objections are made that rule 129 of the Buies of Civil Practice, relating to the manner of taking testimony by deposition, requires the use of a stenographer, that the use of a recording machine is an infringement of the right of privacy, and that a machine is of questionable fitness for the purpose.

*669The machine involved in this proceeding is one of the well known and widely used disc recording devices. We can take judicial…