State Ex Rel. Olson v. Nelson

PAULSON, Judge.

The State of North Dakota [hereinafter the State], through its Attorney General, brought an action in the District Court of Burleigh County against H. L. Nelson [hereinafter Mr. Nelson], doing business as the N.S.C. Motor Club, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 51 — 15 of the North Dakota Century Code, commonly known as the “Consumer Fraud Law”.

During pretrial discovery proceedings, the appellee, Mr. Nelson, served a set of interrogatories on the appellant, the State. The State declined to answer two specific interrogatories on the basis that the answers would disclose the…