Sheldon v. Great Lakes Transit Corp.

KNIGHT, District Judge.

Rule 33 of the Rules of Federal Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c, provides that “Any party may serve upon any adverse party written interrogatories to.be answered by the party served * * This apparently allows the service of written interrogatories during the course of a civil action. However, I believe that this rule is not without qualification. Here there has been no joinder of action by the service of an answer, and the court has no means of ascertaining whether or not interrogatories filed by the defendant are relevant to the issues of the action. “If…