492.130. The commission shall authorize such officer tocause to come before him such person or persons as shall be namedto him by the party suing for the same, and shall command suchofficer to examine such person touching his knowledge of anythingrelating to the matter in controversy, and to reduce suchexamination to writing, and return the same, annexed to thecommission, to the court wherein or the associate circuit judgebefore whom the action is pending, with all convenient speed.
(RSMo 1939 § 1922)Prior revisions: 1929 § 1758; 1919 § 5445; 1909 § 6389