Johnson v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co.

LEMMON, Judge.

This matter is before the court on a motion to dismiss the appeal from a judgment, rendered pursuant to C.C.P. art. 1469(4), which ordered defendants to pay attorney’s fees and costs incidental to plaintiffs’ successful motion to compel discovery.

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Plaintiffs originally sued to compel issuance of a title insurance policy. In pretrial discovery plaintiffs propounded written interrogatories. When defendants allegedly failed to answer or object properly, plaintiffs filed a motion to compel the answers. Eventually this court, on application for supervisory writs, ordered defendants…