Shell Co. (P. R.) Ltd. v. District Court of Puerto Rico

This case requires us to determine whether the district court.abused its discretion in ordering a defendant pursuant to Rule 33 of the Rules of Civil Procedure to answer certain written interrogatories served upon the defendant by the plaintiff, one of its employees, in a wage suit.

On March 2, 1950 José Ramos sued The Shell Company (Porto Rico) Limited for wages in the amount of $8,156.78, plus a similar amount as a penalty, allegedly owed to him by the defendant for extra hours worked by the plaintiff between November 7, 1935 and May 15, Í949 as the chauffeur of a tank-truck used to…