Ex Parte Ingalls

*307SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in this court praying that a writ of mandamus issue to the respondent circuit judge with the object of having him set aside an order requiring a party to answer interrogatories propounded by his adversary.

Before stating the question for decision, we will relate the facts superinducing the proceeding: In 1947 Eleanor Ridgely Flick Ingalls filed suit for divorce against Robert I. Ingalls, Jr. The final decree rendered in June of that year granted the divorce as prayed and, among other things, fixed the custody of the two minor children of the…