Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Foster-Wyman Lumber Co. v. Superior Court
Washington Supreme Court
Decided May 29, 1928No. 21107. En BancPublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAskren, J.
This is an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the superior court of King county from holding certain witnesses in contempt of court for refusal to give their depositions in an action brought by assignees of the McCormack Lumber Company against the Foster-Wyman Lumber Company, a corporation. One of the witnesses, Foster, was a defendant in the action, and the other, Wyman, was a stockholder and officer of the defendant corporation.
The testimony was sought under authority of Eule VIII, subd. 5, adopted by this court January 14, 1927, which reads' as follows:
“1. The testimony of a…
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