Pueblo Trading Co. v. Reclamation Dist. No. 1500

Plaintiff has filed suit to recover $3605 claimed to be due as principal and interest on certain bonds and coupons issued by defendant Reclamation District No. 1500, of which it claims to be the owner. Plaintiff alleges that it is a corporation and a resident of the State of Nevada and that defendants, and each of them, are residents of the State of California.

Defendants submitted 16 interrogatories to be answered by plaintiff pursuant to Rule 33, Rules of Civil Procedure for the District Courts of the United States, 28 U.S.C.A. following section 723c. Plaintiff presented objections to 11 of said interrogatories.

Those to which plaintiff objects fall mainly into three groups. The first group' includes those numbered 3 and 4, having to do with any agreement under which plaintiff claims to have acquired said bonds; and what consideration plaintiff claims to have paid therefor.

The second group includes those numbered 15 and 16, having to do with what right or claim any former owner may have to the proceeds of said bonds, and whether or not such former owners or any persons other than plaintiff have paid the costs or incurred liability for costs and attorney’s fees in this…