86 Wis. 29 | Wis. | 1893
Doubtless the plaintiff could frame some sort of a complaint without the examination applied for.
This court has uniformly given this statute a broad and liberal construction in favor of the right conferred by it as to all matters relevant to the controversy. Kelly v. C. & N. W. R. Co. 60 Wis. 480; Nichols v. McGeoch, 78 Wis. 360. The sureties, being parties to the action, cannot be relieved from an examination. ■ The statute gives the right to examine a “ party.” If they are ignorant of the facts involved in the inquiry, their examination will necessarily be brief. .
By the Court.- — ■ Order affirmed.