Batemore, Inc. v. Standard Brands, Inc.

REEVES, District Judge.

The plaintiff has propounded 44 interrogatories to the defendant. No. 37 is divided into 22 separate and distinct interrogatories, so the actual number submitted is 65.

Objection is made upon the ground that such interrogatories are onerous and burdensome and call for information not within the immediate reach of the defendant and that the information sought is as easily available to the plaintiff as to the defendant.

1. The courts are not in harmony as to the extent of inquiries by interrogatories. Some of the judges say that they are just as full and extensive as any…