Cornish v. American Insurance Co.

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 as prayed for or to show cause in this court why the writ should not be made peremptory. The alternative was chosen. Plaintiff…