32 F. 743 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York | 1887
This is an application under the United States Revised Statutes, § 724,
•The motion is therefore denied.
Rev. St. U. S. § 724: “In the trial of actions at law, the courts of the United Státes may, on motion and due notice thereof, require the parties to produce hooks or writings in their possession or power, which contain evidence pertinent to the issue, in cases and under circumstances where they might be compelled to produce the same by the ordinary rules of proceeding in chancery. If a plaintiff fails to comply with such order, the court may, on motion, give the like judgment for the defendant as in cases of nonsuit; and if a defendant fails to comply with such order, the court may, on motion, give judgment against him by default.”