DocketNumber: Civil Action No. 974
Citation Numbers: 2 F.R.D. 412
Judges: Knight
Filed Date: 7/9/1942
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 7/20/2022
This is a motion for an order requiring the testimony of an employee of the defendant to be taken by deposition upon oral examination; requiring such employee to attend and be examined “at a time when said vessel (defendant’s) arrives at the port of Buffalo during the course of the navigation season; and for a further order requiring defendant herein to give due notice of such arrival and to compel the attendance of such witness.”
It seems quite obvious that this court has no authority to grant this order. First: The defendant can not be required to produce its employee as a witness. Second: Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following
Motion denied.