Welter v. Welter

Motions submitted in both of the above causes involve substantially the same question and the within memorandum applies to each case. The ultimate question to be decided is the following:

*45Where a plaintiff is a nonresident of Ohio in which his action for personal injury is on file, may he be required to travel at his own expense to the Ohio county in which the action has been filed for the purpose of having an oral deposition taken by counsel for his opponent?

In the Welter case, the plaintiff is the son of the defendant and he alleges that he was injured through the gross negligence of the…