When a person is unavailable to testify at trial, the deposition of that person may be used. Part of the pre-trial discovery (fact-finding) process. The testimony of a witness reduced to writing in due form of law, taken by virtue of a commission or other authority of a competent tribunal.
Location. Description Of Place: The Madison Seminary is an historical four-story red brick and white gabled Federal-style structure in Northeast Ohio. It consists of three wings which were constructed at separate periods in its history and consists of almost a hundred rooms.
By 1859, a brick structure had been added to the east side of the original structure, and the original frame structure was converted to a boarding hall. At one time, some 150 students were enrolled in the Seminary. The Madison Seminary buildings would serve students from 1847 to July 1891.