Hauk v. Superior Court

In this proceeding we issued an alternative writ of mandamus for the purpose of reviewing an order of respondent court in which it refused to compel the real parties in interest (hereinafter referred to as defendants) to answer certain questions propounded at their depositions on oral interrogatories.

The unanswered questions relate to defendants’ gains and profits from certain business transactions, and the issue is whether it is within the discretion of the trial court to postpone compelling defendants to answer such questions until plaintiff has first established his right to an accounting.…