In re Bolster

Citations

• 59 Wash. 655
• 110 P. 547
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 1257

Syllabus

<p>Depositions — Attendance of Witness — Production of Books— Statutes. An officer authorized to take depositions may compel a witness to produce books and documents, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 1216, providing that a witness may be compelled by a court to appear and bring with him books and documents, and § 1235, providing that an officer authorized to take depositions may subpoena a witness “in like manner as he may be subpoenaed and compelled to attend as a witness in any court”; and §§ 1236, 1237, providing the manner in which such a witness may be compelled to attend, without any mention of books or documents, were intended to make the other provisions effective, and not to restrict the power of the officer.</p> <p>Witnesses — -Privilege—Right of Privacy — Trade Secrets — Corporations. The books of a corporation are not privileged from being produced in court on a subpoena duces tecum, on the ground that they are trade secrets, as a trade secret means an unpatented secret formula or process for compounding or manufacturing the article, and does not apply to merely private books or writings of a corporation.</p>