Williams v. Vice Chancellor Marvel

Southerland, Chief Justice:

The suit in the court below concerns a claim of plaintiffs (relators here) to be reimbursed for water claimed to have been withdrawn from and under their lands.

Plaintiffs sought discovery from the defendants. (1) They asked for the production of certain documents; and (2) they took the deposition of the president of one of the defendants. The defendants objected to producing the documents, and, in the course of the deposition, *24also objected to certain questions put to the witness, who refused to answer them on advice of counsel.

The Vice Chancellor sustained the…