Application of Duveneck

The application was made under the provisions of sec. 326.27, Stats. It is the contention of Sigl that all of the provisions of ch. 326, Stats., with reference to the taking of depositions must be read together and that one of the grounds stated in sec. 326.07 must be established before the deposition of a witness not a party to an action can be taken. The applicant, on the other hand, states that under old rules of equity practice reasons had to be given for the perpetuation of testimony but that the adoption of the statute abolished certain rules and that sec. 326.27 is now complete in and…