Case Name: George W. Hubbard vs. Stearns Hubbard
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1856-09
Citations: 6 Gray 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: George W. Hubbard vs. Stearns Hubbard.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
George W. Hubbard vs. Stearns Hubbard.
The right of one party to a civil action to examine the other on written interrogatories under St. 1852, c. 312, §§ 61-74, is not taken away by St. 1856, c. 188, making parties competent witnesses.
Motion under St. 1852, c. 312, § 72, to default a defendant who had neglected for ten days to answer interrogatories filed by the plaintiff under §§ 61-74.
S. T. Spaulding, for the plaintiff.
W. Allen, Jr. for the defendant,
argued that §§ 61—74 of St. 1852, c. 312, allowing either party to a civil action to examine the adverse party in writing, were superseded and repealed by St. 1856, c. 88, “ to enable parties in civil actions to be witnesses therein,” which provides that parties in civil actions “ may be admitted to testify in their own favor, and may be called as witnesses by the opposite party.”

Opinion:
But the Court
held otherwise, and ordered the
Defendant to answer the interrogatories.