Webster Motor Car Co v. Packard Motor Car Co.

HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The Court has had occasion to review some of the principles governing interrogatories in the case of Aktiebolaget Vargos v. Clark, D.C., 8 F.R.D. 635. It is the view of this Court that insofar as the interrogatories in this case are concerned, the following principles are applicable.

An interrogatory may inquire concerning any factual matter that is germane to any of the issues of the action. It need not be limited to eliciting evidence that may be admissible at the trial, but it may extend to information that is germane and that may possibly lead to the discovery of…