Seymour v. DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR EL PASO

In this original proceeding, the petitioners seek a writ in the nature of mandamus to compel the respondent court to order a witness to answer a question propounded by petitioner’s counsel at a deposition taken for the purpose of discovery. The respondent court denied the petitioners’ (plaintiffs’) motion to require the witness to answer. The witness refused to answer the question on instruction from one of the defendant’s attorneys. We conclude that the respondent court abused its discretion in not granting the petitioners’ motion under the facts of this case. We therefore make the rule…