Williams v. Consolidated Investors, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The question presented is whether, in the circumstances of this case, the district court erred in striking the defend ants’ pleadings and entering a default judgment in favor of the plaintiff as authorized by K. S. A. 60-237 (h) (2) (III), after the defendants failed to comply with a pretrial order entered pursuant to K. S. A. 60-234, for production and inspection of certain documents.

The issue comes to us in the context of the litigation below. On December 18, 1967, the plaintiff, a resident of the State of Texas, filed this action to…