United States v. Purdome

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

This is an action to enforce the alleged personal liability of defendant as a transferee of certain assets of the estate of Wolf C. Rimann, deceased. The precise question to be ruled is whether defendant’s objections to plaintiff’s interrogatories should be sustained. Defendant’s objections are overruled in this case. This opinion is published in order that the Bar of this Court will be advised of the juridical view that one of the new judges of this Court takes of the discovery devices of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that the trust…