Dowdy v. Gilbert Engineering Co.

Plaintiff-appellee, Gilbert Engineering Company, brought this action on 5 November 1975 against Thomas E. Lankford and defendant-appellant, Wendell P. Dowdy, for money owed and work and labor performed. Lankford and Dowdy filed an answer to the complaint and on 10 June 1976 the trial court entered a pretrial order giving the parties leave to proceed with further discovery provided it was completed at least ten days prior totrial.

The trial was set for 17 April 1978. On 14 April, Dowdy served on Roy T. Gilbert, owner of appellee company, a subpoena duces tecum demanding "all business records,…