Force's Petition

Citations

• 265 Pa. 228
• 108 A. 622
• 1919 Pa. LEXIS 530

Syllabus

<p>Practice, G. P. — Evidence—Commissioner to talce testimony— Foreign court — Subpoena to compel attendance of witness — Appeals —Parties.</p> <p>1. The court of common pleas has no power to authorize a commissioner appointed by a court of another state to issue a subpoena to compel witnesses to appear before him for oral examination and produce books and documents.</p> <p>2. Such a commissioner has no standing to maintain an appeal from a decree of tbe court of common pleas refusing him authority to issue subpoenas, inasmuch as be is not a party in interest in tbe proceeding.</p>