9 F.R.D. 210 | S.D.N.Y. | 1949
Interrogatories are propounded pursuant to Rule 33, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 28 U.S.C.A. Some of the interrogatories require the production of copies of documents. To these plaintiff objects, contending that these documents may be made available only on an application for discovery and inspection pursuant to Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Without attempting to collate all of the cases considering this question, it is apparent that there is irreconcilable conflict among the decisions.
The other objections to the interrogatories are also-overruled.
Settle order on notice, plaintiff to have fifty days from the entry of the order in which to answer said interrogatories.
Cf. De Bruce v. Pennsylvania R. Co., D.C., 6 F.R.D. 403; Terrell v. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, D.C., 5 F.R.D. 146; Doman v. Isthmian Steamship Co., D.C., 6 F.R.D. 609; Hayman v. Pullman Co., D.C., 8 F.R.D. 238; Simonin’s Sons v. American Can Co., D.C., 1 F.R.D. 134; Love v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., D.C., 8 F.R.D. 583 — all declaring interrogatories calling for the production of documents proper — with Dellameo v. Great Lakes Steamship Co., D.C., 9 F.R.D. 30; Castro v. A. H. Bull & Co., D.C., 9 F.R.D. 84; Bruen v. Huff, D.C., 8 F.R.D. 322; Walling v. Parry, D.C., 6 F.R.D. 554. The decision in Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L.Ed. 451, seems to have made the problem more perplexing. Cf. De Bruce v. Pennsylvania R. Co., supra, with Castro v. A. H. Bull & Co., supra.