United States Sugar Corp. v. Estate of Mullins

The petitioner, a non-party to the estate’s probate action, seeks a writ of cer-tiorari to quash the probate court’s order: (1) overruling the petitioner’s relevance-based objections to the estate’s subpoena duces tecum upon the petitioner; and (2) requiring the petitioner to file a privilege log pursuant to the petitioner’s privileged-based objections to the subpoena. The petitioner argues that the order departs from the essential requirements of the law, and no adequate remedy exists on appeal because it is not a party to the probate action and thus has no ability to appeal.

We agree with…