Case Name: Robert F. Norton, Appellant, v. James H. R. Cromwell and Another, Defendants, Impleaded with Delphine D. Godde, Sued Herein as "Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker," Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1936-06
Citations: 248 A.D. 707
Docket Number: 
Parties: Robert F. Norton, Appellant, v. James H. R. Cromwell and Another, Defendants, Impleaded with Delphine D. Godde, Sued Herein as “Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker,” Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 248
Pages: 707–707

Head Matter:
Robert F. Norton, Appellant, v. James H. R. Cromwell and Another, Defendants, Impleaded with Delphine D. Godde, Sued Herein as “Delphine Dodge Cromwell Baker,” Respondent.

Opinion:
Order granting motion of defendant-respondent for the issuance of a commission to take testimony of certain parties in London, England, unanimously reversed, with twenty dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied. There is no authority, statutory or otherwise, for the examination of a party or witness on a preliminary motion separate and apart from a trial. (Matter of Erlanger, 231 App. Div. 70, 72.) Present — Martin, P. J., MeAvoy, Townley, Untermyer and Cohn, JJ.