State Ex Rel. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Gowd

SEILER, Judge.

This is an original action in prohibition, wherein the railroad company is seeking to prohibit the respondent judge from ordering it to answer certain interrogatories. There was an automobile-train collision at a crossing in Warren County, Missouri, resulting in three deaths. An action for damages for wrongful death was filed against the railroad company and one of its employees by the administratrix of one of the deceased passengers in the automobile. Plaintiff served a set of 105 interrogatories, which relator says required, when subquestions and subdivisions are counted, a…