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McKeand v. Locke

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 19, 1906
115 App. Div. 174 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)

Opinion

October 19, 1906.

Louis F. Doyle, for the appellant.

Edgar J. Nathan, for the respondent.

Present — O'BRIEN, P.J., INGRAHAM, CLARKE, HOUGHTON and SCOTT, JJ.


This order must be reversed and the order for the examination of the plaintiff reinstated on the authority of Goldmark v. U.S. Electro-Galvanizing Co. ( 111 App. Div. 526), recently decided by this court.

That decision sweeps away many technical rules which were fast growing up in the practice of examining one's adversary before trial, and establishes the rule for this department that in the absence of bad faith or abuse of process a party to an action is entitled to examine his adversary before trial as to facts which are material to the issues, and of which he has knowledge, and take his deposition for use on the trial; and that it is no answer to such application that the party making it can procure the evidence from other persons, or could subpœna his opponent for the trial.

This decision was not called to the attention of the learned judge who presided at the Special Term, as it was not then published. An observance of it, however, in the future by attorneys will save many needless motions and appeals.

The order is reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and the order for examination of plaintiff reinstated.


Order reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and order for examination of plaintiff reinstated. Order filed.


Summaries of

McKeand v. Locke

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 19, 1906
115 App. Div. 174 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)
Case details for

McKeand v. Locke

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM B. McKEAND, Respondent, v . CHARLES E. LOCKE, Appellant

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 19, 1906

Citations

115 App. Div. 174 (N.Y. App. Div. 1906)
100 N.Y.S. 704

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