O'Brien v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United States

REEVES, Chief Judge.

Heretofore the court has ruled on very-similar interrogatories. The defendant objects to Interrogatories numbered 3, 4, 5, 6,. 7 and 8. These have been examined in the light of the authorities and purpose of Rule No. 33 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A.

As has been repeatedly stated, the-purpose of interrogatories is to simplify the-issues and is not designed to be argumentative or to call for mere conclusions. Their function is to inform parties in advance of trial, and not to serve as a substitute for trial itself. The courts are at one on these propositions.…