BLOCK v. FITTS

No. 51194.

250 So.2d 738 (1971)

259 La. 555

David BLOCK and Linda Sue Block v. Mildred FITTS et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Hughes, Ryland & Peters, Edwin R. Hughes, Jena, for plaintiffs-relators.

Stafford, Pitts & Bolen, Grove Stafford, Jr., Alexandria, J. H. Williams, Colfax, Gist, Methvin & Trimble, Howard B. Gist, Jr., Alexandria, Jack O. Brittain, Natchitoches, for defendants-respondents.


SANDERS, Justice.

On application of plaintiffs, we granted certiorari, 257 La. 736, 243 So.2d 817, under our supervisory jurisdiction to determine the validity of the trial judge's ruling that plaintiffs' motion for a jury trial came too late. After consideration, we reverse the ruling.

Plaintiffs filed this action for automobile-accident damages on August 28, 1969. The several defendants...

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