South Falls Corporation v. Davenport

DIXON, Chief Justice.

Petitioners, South Falls Corporation, et al., have applied for a writ of prohibition to stay Honorable F. B. Davenport from requiring petitioners to answer oral interrogatories in accordance with an order of discovery issued pursuant to Rule 737, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

On April 3, 1963, Di-Deb of Texas, Inc. recovered a judgment in a Dallas District Court for $69,642.97 against South Falls Corporation. A writ of execution was issued in an effort to collect the judgment, but was returned by the Sheriff unsatisfied.

On April 25, 1963 plaintiff Di-Deb of Texas, Inc.…