Yorkshire Worsted Mills v. National Transit Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

Appellee brought this action to recover damages resulting from oil escaping from appellant’s pipe line which entered appellee’s dyeing plant, causing injury to the machinery and to cloth in the process of dyeing. Both sides asked for permission, to inspect the other’s plant and system which was granted. Each side filed a bill for discovery with interrogatories. Appellee’s interrogatories were designed to elicit information concerning the operation of the line, the age of the pipe, and the amount of oil that escaped. Its prayer was granted. Appellant then…