Levatino Co. v. American President Lines, Ltd.

COOPER, District Judge.

Respondent moves for an order pursuant to Admiralty Rules 31 and 32C of the Supreme Court of the United States requiring libelant to file further answers to respondent’s interrogatories 12(c), 24(b), 24(e) and 24(f) on the grounds that the answers served were inadequate, incomplete and evasive.

Evidently, libelant labors under the assumption that the knowledge of its agents is not its knowledge. This is wrong. A parly cannot avoid answering an interrogatory if he can obtain the information from agents, from persons who have acted in his behalf, or from sources under his…