Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of N. Dain's Sons Company, Appellant, for an Order for the Examination of John Lowry, Jr., Respondent, as an Expected Party to an Action
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1912-01-30
Citations: 204 N.Y. 623
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of N. Dain’s Sons Company, Appellant, for an Order for the Examination of John Lowry, Jr., Respondent, as an Expected Party to an Action.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 204
Pages: 623–624

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Application of N. Dain’s Sons Company, Appellant, for an Order for the Examination of John Lowry, Jr., Respondent, as an Expected Party to an Action.
(Submitted January 11, 1912;
decided January 30, 1912.)
Matter of Bain's Sons Co., 146 App. Div. 918, affirmed.
Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the second judicial department, entered October 13, 1911, which reversed an order of Special Term denying a motion to vacate an order for the examination of the respondent herein as an expected party to an action.
The following question was certified: “Whether sections 810 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure author ize the examination of a proposed party to an action not yet begun for the purpose of obtaining facts upon which to frame a complaint.”
Nathan P. Bushnell for appellant.
Robert W. Bernard for respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs, and question certified answered in the negative on opinion of Miller, J., in Matter of Schlotterer (105 App. Div. 115).
Concur: Cullen, Ch. J., Haight, Vann, Werner, Willard Bartlett, Chase and Collin, JJ.