Ex Parte Hammett

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is an original petition by Hammett for mandamus to review an order of the circuit court of Calhoun County which required him to answer certain interrogatories propounded to him in a civil action pending against him in that court styled Amos v. Hammett.

Petitioner as defendant in that suit refused to answer the interrogatories propounded by plaintiff Amos, contending that no count of the complaint stated a cause of action and that, therefore, he was not required to take notice of the interrogatories.

We have said that unless a cause of action is found stated in the…