Æolian Co. v. Standard Music Roll Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Jersey
In Equity. Suit by the Æolian Company against the Standard Music Roll Company and G. Howlett Davis. On motion to compel witness to answer certain questions.
1Opinion of the Court
RELLSTAB, District Judge.
The unanswered questions, 50 in number, were asked of the complainant’s witness Joseph Francis Meade, on cross-examination. This witness was called for the purpose of proving the record of sales made by the complainant of an instrument called the “metrostyle” and a statement of the aggregate of sales tabulated therefrom.
The examination in chief of this witness covers less than 4- typewritten pages, embracing but 18 questions, and relates entirely to his identity, business relationship to the complainant, his knowledge and custody of such sales record, the making of…
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