State Ex Rel. Hof Ex Rel. Hof Ex Rel. Hof v. Cloyd

STORCKMAN, Chief Justice.

This is an original proceedings in this court to prohibit the respondent circuit judge from enforcing an order requiring the plaintiffs, the relators herein, to answer certain interrogatories propounded by the defendants in a personal injury suit. This court issued its preliminary rule in prohibition to which the respondent filed a return and the relators filed their reply. In. due course, the parties filed their briefs and the case was argued orally and submitted.

In the personal injury action, Barbara Marie Hof, nine years of age, seeks to recover $120,000 for…