Stonitsch v. St. Louis Banana & Tomato Co. (In Re Isis Foods, Inc.)

ORDER DENYING THE DEFENDANT’S OBJECTIONS TO DISCOVERY AND DEFINING SCOPE OF DISCOVERY

DENNIS J. STEWART, Bankruptcy Judge.

This is an action which the defendant’s objections to the scope of discovery sought to be extracted by the plaintiff trustee in bankruptcy require the court to exercise its discretion pursuant to Rule 16, F.R.Civ.P., inter alia, to define the proper scope of discovery. 1 In bringing a suit to recover certain preferences which are set out and alleged with particularity in the complaint, the trustee has propounded interrogatories which relate not only to these specific…