BROWN v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

No. 119.

79 F.Supp. 701 (1948)

BROWN v. ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

July 26, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stark & Goldstein, of Philadelphia, Pa., for libellant.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.


KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The single question upon which both the above motions depends is:

Has a party to a suit in admiralty the right to take the testimony of the other party by deposition upon oral examination for the purpose of discovery?

The Admiralty Rules promulgated by the Supreme Court, 28 U.S.C.A. as revised, provide for written interrogatories to be answered under oath by a party. Admiralty Rule 31 covering this point is a counterpart...

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