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FINANCE CO. OF AMERICA AT BALTIMORE v. BROCK

No. 7894.

80 F.2d 713 (1936)

FINANCE CO. OF AMERICA AT BALTIMORE et al. v. BROCK et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Ellis Henican, of New Orleans, La., and Joseph Wase, of Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

Henry P. Dart, Jr., Wm. C. Dufour, Leonard B. Levy, and John St. Paul, Jr., all of New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before FOSTER, SIBLEY, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal seeks to test the question whether a bill of discovery in aid of an action at law will lie against corporations and their representatives not parties to the law action to compel the production and permit the examination of the corporate books and records in advance of the trial at law in order to prepare evidence for that trial. The action at law was brought in the federal District Court to recover damages from certain persons who...

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