Schermerhorn v. Contardi

Barnett, J.*

This case arises out of the initiation of legal action against the petitioner by the respondent for alienation of affections and criminal conversation of the respondent’s wife. To the complaint, the petitioner answered generally denying the allegations of the complaint. The defendant signed the verification. This case is before the court on a writ of certiorari from the trial court’s ruling regarding the petitioner’s right to claim the privilege against self-incrimination in pretrial discovery proceedings, and also from the court’s ruling on respondent’s motion for summary…