Reversed and remanded.
Mr. JUSTICE LEIGHTON delivered the opinion of the court:
This appeal presents three issues that touch on the right to trial by jury in a civil suit: (1) whether a defendant must be present at the trial in order to preserve his demand that the suit be heard by a jury; (2) whether it is error for a trial judge to decide a civil suit without a jury after defendant answered the complaint and filed a jury demand; and (3) whether a petition...
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