Atlas Lathing Corp. v. Bennett

On November 25,1940, an Assistant Attorney-General, accompanied by a police officer in plain clothes and an investigator, appeared at the petitioner’s offices and, under the cloak of a subpoena duces tecum, demanded and acquired possession of all its books, papers and documents. They have remained under the control of the Attorney-General’s office since such time. This application is brought for the purpose of compelling their return. Upon the argument of the motion it was the Attorney-General’s contention that the above corporate records were surrendered voluntarily by petitioner’s officers…