Opinion ID: 2449080
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: the whites' motion for discovery

Text: Thereafter, and before a trial of the alleged proper purpose issue, the Whites filed a motion for discovery requesting the right to inspect fourteen named items, comprising virtually all of the books and records of the Company. According to the Whites, these records constituted and contained evidence material to the matter involved in this action, and good cause existed for such motion. The Company filed a motion to strike the Whites' motion for discovery on the grounds that if the motion were granted, the Whites would be (in effect) awarded substantially all of the relief sought by them in the main suit and the Company would be denied their constitutional right to a trial by jury on the fact issues raised by their answer. The trial judge granted the motion for discovery and ordered that the Whites be allowed to inspect all fourteen items mentioned in the motion for discovery. The order of the court provided that the Company would not be required to produce and permit the inspection of books, accounts and other material pertaining to the rock asphalt phase of the Company's business. However, in the event the [Company] is unable to separate and segregate the books, accounts and other records pertaining to its rock asphalt business, the [Company] is ORDERED to produce and permit the inspection of the complete records and accounts of the [Company].