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Padua vs. Ericta
Padua vs. Ericta
FACTS :
Trial of the case having been set in due course, Padua commenced
presentation of his evidence on December 6, 1973. He gave testimony
on direct exqmination in the course of which reference was made to
numerous documents. At the close of his examination, and on motion
of defendants' counsel, the previously scheduled hearing of December
12, 1973 was cancelled, and Padua's cross-examination was reset on
December 17, 1973. However, the hearing of December 17,1973 was
also cancelled, again at the instance of defendants' counsel, who
pleaded sickness as ground therefor; and trial was once more slated
to "take place on March 6, March 7 and 13, 1974, all at 9:00 o'clock in
the morning."
ISSUE :
RULING: