Schmitt v. Bordelon

OPINION

WEAVER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a default judgment entered pursuant to the trial court’s assessment of discovery abuse sanctions.

We affirm.

Roland Schmitt, the decedent’s surviving husband, brought a probate suit to recover property under the terms of decedent’s will, to set aside community property, and for recovery of a spousal allowance. Schmitt was served with interrogatories and a request for production by Wilma Harper Bordelon, the independent executrix of decedent’s estate, on June 28, 1990. It was undisputed that Schmitt never responded to the discovery requests.…