BERESLAVSKY v. CAFFEY

No. 20618.

161 F.2d 499 (1947)

BERESLAVSKY v. CAFFEY, United States District Judge.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

May 7, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pennie, Edmonds, Morton & Barrows, of New York City, for petitioner.

Herbert C. Smyth, Jr., of New York City, for respondent.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


FRANK, Circuit Judge.

The judge erred in striking the jury demand, despite the fact that more than ten days had elapsed from the service of the last pleading directed to the issues as made by the original complaint and amended answer. For, under that complaint, the plaintiff was not entitled to demand a jury, since the relief he then sought was exclusively "in equity," so that there was then no "issue triable of right by...

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