GARTSIDE OOAL 00.
v.
MAXWELL.
187
GARTSIDE
COAL CO.
v. MAXWELL and others.! April 22, 1884.)
(Oircuit Oourt, E.
n. Missouri.
1.
DEPOSITIONS-PLACE OF TAKING.
Depusitions will not be suppressed because taken at a different place from the one named in the notice, if taken in the presence of both parties or their represen tatives.
2.
SAME-CERTIFICATE-INTEREST.
The certificate of the officer before whom depositions have been taken should state that he is disinterested, and is not the attorney 01' counsel of either party to the suit. Where the certificate fails to state these facts, leave will be given to with draw the depositions in order that the certificate may be amended.
.3.
SAME-AMENDMENT.
At Law. Motion by defendant to suppress depositions taken in behalf of the plaintiff. Hiram J. Grover, for plaintiff. Henry Hitchcock, Lucien Eaton, and Walker d; Walker, for defendants. BREWER, J. This is a motion to suppress the deposition of a witness taken on behalf of the plaintiff. The first ground of the motion is that there is a defect in this, that the notice named the office of - - - , No. 24 Gay street, Knoxville, Tenn., as the place of taking the deposition, while the certificate states that it was taken at the office of - - - , No. 124 Gay street, Knoxville, Tenn.; but as the counsel and parties on both sides were represented, I cannot think that that defect is immaterial. The description, though partially incorrect, was sufficient. It named correctly the person at whose office the deposition was taken, and the only defect was in the street number of the office. Besides, the party served appeared, and the sole object of notice is to give an opportunity to appear. The other ground of the motion is, that the certificate does not set forth that the officer taking the deposi.tion was not of counselor attorney for either of the parties, and that he was not interested in the event of the cause. I think that is a defect. It should appear affirmatively on the face of the certificate that the officer taking the deposition was disinterested, just as much as it should appear that the officer. was one of the class of officers authorized to take depositions. The mere signature of A. B., without any designation of his office, or any description of his capacity to take the deposition, would be insufficient; and so the fact that he is disinterested should appear affirmatively somewhere in the certificate. It was affirmed and denied by the respective counsel on the argument that a different ruling had been made by my predecessor, but no case was cited. It is true that there are a couple of cases in 2 Cranch which seem to differ from this view, yet I think the 1 Reported
by Bcnj. F. Rex, Esq.., of the St. Louis bar.
188
FEDERAL REPORTER.
rule is that it should appear affirmatively on the face of the certificate that the officer was one authorized by the statute to take depositions. It was suggested, during the argument on this motion, that if the ruling should be in this direction an application would be made for leave to withdraw the deposition, and have that defect corrected by the officer taking it. I think, under the circumstances, that would be perfectly fair. l'he order, therefore, will be that the motion be continued, and leave given to plaintiff to withdraw the deposition for the purpose of having that defect corrected by the officer. Of course, this does not open the deposition for further testimony, or for any other change than simply to correct that defect in the certificate.
CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO V. JONES.
(Cz'rcuit Court, lJ. Callform·a. 1.
May 5, 1884.)
ACTION FOR DELINQUENT TAXES-STATUTE OF LIMlTATIONS-CITY AND COUNTY PART OF STATE-8ECTION 345, CODE CIVIL Pnoc.
In an action by a city and a county for delinquent taxes, a part of which ill for the benefit of a state, the city and the county will be treated as a part of the state, as to their share, and the statute of limitations will run against the action, under section 345, Code Civil Proc. 312, 338, 339, M3, 345, CODE CIVIL PHOC. An action for delinquent taxes brought by a city and a county, and in part for the benefit of a state, eight years after they became delinquent, is barred by the statute of limitations, under sectiolls 312,338,339,343, and 345 of the Code of Civil Procedure. ITATIONS BAHS-tiECTIONS
2. DELINQUENT TAXES-AcTION ]j'on, BY CITY MID COUNTY- 8'I'ATUTE OF LIM-
3.
ACTION TO COLLECT TAX UNNECESSARY-SIW'l'IONS 3716, 3717, POL. ()ODESTATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RUNS AGAINST DELINQt'ENT TAXES.
No action is necessary to collect a valid tax, under sections 3716, 3717 of the Political Code. These sections do not take an action for delinquent taxes out of the statute of limitations.
4.
LIEN FOR TAXES-WHEN BARRED-DELINQUENT TAX CASES.
A lien for taxes is an incident to the tax, and when an a('tion to recover the debt is barred, the lien is also barred. This applies in delinquent tax cases as well as to mortgages.
Demurrer to an Action to Collect Delinquent Taxes. B. O. Whitman, for defendant. John P. Bell and Louis H. Sharp, for plaintiff. Before SAWYER and SABIN, JJ. This is an action brought under the act of 1878, and supplementary act of the same year, (St. 1877-78, pp. 338, 962,) to recover city and county, and state taxes, for the fiscal year 1875-76, ending Junp