Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-09-01 02:27:49.864814+00
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ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
No. 4134. Decided February 17, 1949.
By THE COURT.
Submitted on application for rehearing on the ground that the court may consider interrogatories and answers thereto on passing on a motion for judgment on the pleadings.
We adhere to our former ruling and hold that in the absence of a statutory provision, interrogatories and answers thereto form no part of the pleadings. It is interesting to note that under Federal Rules applicable to the United States District *241Courts, it has been held that interrogatories are not a part of the pleadings. Bowles v. Safeway Stores, Inc. (D. C. MO.) 4 F. R. D. 469, it was held:
“Interrogatories are evidentiary in character and are not considered as a ‘pleading’ in the case, and until they are offered in evidence by either party they will not be considered by the court.”
In Vol. 27 C. J. S. Section 62, on page 92, the author states that the answer to interrogatories is not a pleading. See, also, Vol. 17 Am. Jur. Sec. 47, page 33.
Application for rehearing denied.
MILLER, PJ, HORNBECK and WISEMAN, JJ, concur.