San Chez v. Superior Court

RICHARDS, J. pro tem. *

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to order the respondent court to vacate an order sustaining objections to certain questions in a deposition, and to direct that they be answered.

Petitioner is the plaintiff in a separate maintenance action against the defendant, the real party in interest herein, which action is grounded on a general allegation of the infliction of “grievous mental and physical suffering.” No specific acts of cruelty are alleged nor does the complaint charge the defendant with adultery. Upon the taking of the defendant’s deposition he refused to answer…