Blanchard Lumber Co. v. The S.S. Polyrover

WEINFELD, District Judge.

This is, or should be, a simple suit by a consignee of a lumber shipment to recover $1,000 for short delivery. Respondent has served interrogatories extending over twelve pages of legal-size paper which, with subdivisions, total approximately 150. Libelant has filed objections to a limited number which it now seeks to sustain.

The premature interrogatories directed to damages, which were not withdrawn prior to the hearing of this motion, raise a question as to whether there was a good faith attempt by respondent to comply with Rule 9(f) of the General Rules of this…