Olson v. Texas Commerce Bank

I briefly dissent because of a different perspective as to the constitutional right to a jury trial. Tex. Const, art. I, sec. 15.

While I agree with the majority that the appellants were — at best — dilatory in seeking a trial by jury, and that a right to a trial by jury is not absolute, the unpalatable facts remain that in the instant case, the jury fee was first paid by a party on September 20, 1984, once again on November 6, 1984, by another party, and that the case did not go to trial until January 15, 1985, approximately four months after the first demand for a jury trial had been made.…