CORNISH v. AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 8079.

238 So.2d 765 (1970)

Edward L. CORNISH v. AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond D. Levith, of Plotkin, Sapir & Bradley, New Orleans, for appellant.

Gerard M. Dillon, New Orleans, Duncan S. Kemp, III, of Macy, Kemp & Newton, Hammond, Wallace A. Hunter, of Durrett, Hardin, Hunter, Dameron & Fritchie, Baton Rouge, for appellees.

Before LOTTINGER, BLANCHE and PICKETT, JJ.


BLANCHE, Judge.

The issue presented by this writ is whether plaintiff is entitled to a trial by jury. The trial court denied plaintiff's motion for a jury trial and plaintiff thereafter applied to this court for alternative writs of mandamus, certiorari and prohibition. We issued alternative writs to the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, Honorable William M. Dawkins, presiding, commanding said judge to grant relator a trial by jury...

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