PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 10938.

203 F.2d 149 (1953)

PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. v. KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit

Decided April 2, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Price, Philadelphia, Pa. (Arthur E. Newbold, III, Philadelphia, Pa., Barnes, Dechert, Price, Myers & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for petitioner.

Donald J. Farage, Philadelphia, Pa. (Richter, Lord & Farage, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for intervening respondent.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and MARIS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for mandamus and is heard upon the rule to show cause and answer thereto. The intervening respondent is the plaintiff in a suit brought against petitioner here.

Bernat sued the Pennsylvania Railroad under the Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. His counsel, proceeding under Rule 34, asked the defendant for a copy of a statement made by the plaintiff to a claim agent of the defendant shortly...

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