Case Name: Brockway v. Stanton
Court: New York Superior Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1849-03-17
Citations: 2 Sandf. 640
Docket Number: 
Parties: Brockway v. Stanton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Superior Court of the city of New York
Volume: 4
Pages: 640–640

Head Matter:
Brockway v. Stanton.
A party residing out of the state may be examined as a witness, on a commission, at the instance of the adverse party.
March 17, 1849.
Motion by the defendant, for a commission to examine the plaintiff as a witness; the latter residing in the state of Pennsylvania, more than one hundred miles from this city. It was contended that the code does not authorise such a commission.

Opinion:
Oakley, Ch. J.,
after advising with his associates, decided, that as the code provides for the examination of a party as a witness, and that he may be compelled to testify in the same manner as any other witness, either at the trial, or conditionally or on a commission; there is no doubt that the commission ought to issue in this case.