Ex Parte First Nat. Bank of Pulaski

HOUSTON, Justice.

First National Bank of Pulaski and Joe Mark Douthit are defendants in a fraud action pending in the Limestone Circuit Court. They have petitioned for a writ of mandamus ordering the trial court to issue a protective order barring the plaintiffs discovery request as being overly burdensome and intrusive. We deny the petition.

In March 1994, Gerald Mills sought to purchase a truck from Ray Blankenship. The men went to the bank that held the title to the truck, First National Bank of Pulaski, in Pulaski, Tennessee, in order for Mills to acquire a loan to finance the purchase.…