Williams v Sievers - [1952] NZLR 591

Practice — Commission to take Evidence — Claim under Law Reform (Testamentary Promises) Act, 1949 — Evidence of Witness Corroborative of That of Plaintiff — Desirability of Witness being examined in Court and being seen by Trial Judge — Witness Resident in Melbourne — Expense of Attendance in New Zealand in excess of Cost of taking Her Evidence in Melbourne relatively not Important — Witness's Attendance Inconvenient but not Impracticable — Commission to take Evidence in Melbourne refused — Code of Civil Procedure, R 177.