Hall

In this proceeding petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus against the respondent Judge to vacate an order requiring the petitioner, as plaintiff in an action pending in the district court above mentioned, by amendment to its complaint, or by bill of particulars, to furnish the defendant in that case certain specified information.

The petition for the writ discloses that plaintiff’s complaint in the district court alleged that petitioner was operating under the regulations of the Civil Aeronautics Board, as an indirect air carrier engaged in the transportation of property as an air freight forwarder in interstate commerce under authorization granted pursuant to such regulations; that it had filed with such Board its printed tariffs showing its rates, rules, classifications, services and charges for such services; that over a designated period of some 41 months during the years 1954 to 1958, the defendant in that action, George R. Peterson, delivered commodities to plaintiff for transportation and forwarding to various distances in the United States; that such shipments were forwarded to distant points by direct air carriers; that the charges for such services under the applicable…