Case Name: SWEARINGEN'S ADMINISTRATORS v. SWEARINGEN
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-09
Citations: 1 Ohio Ch. 108
Docket Number: 
Parties: SWEARINGEN'S ADMINISTRATORS v. SWEARINGEN.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery Ohio
Volume: 1
Pages: 108–108

Head Matter:
SWEARINGEN'S ADMINISTRATORS v. SWEARINGEN.
Bill of discovery — delay—excuse.
Where a bill for a discovery has been delayed until the cause at law is about to be called on, the court will not delay the cause foran answer, unless the delay is excused, and cause shown for delaying further.
Debt. When this cause was called on,
Goodenow, for the defendant,
stated that a bill for a discovery had been filed that morning, with a view ta obtain evidence in the case, and moved that the cause may lie until the answer comes in.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The right to file a hill for a discovery in aid of a suit at law, is undoubted. But it does not necessarily follow, that the cause shall be delayed. If the party hold back his bill for a discovery, until the cause is called on fop trial, and he would wait for the answer, it is incumbent upon him to excuse his delay, and show cause why time should be given him. The bill in this case, discloses no cause for the delay, except the complainant's own acts. The cause must proceed. The parties then agreed to a judgment.