Ex Parte Collins

This case is before this Court on the petition of Marie Collins seeking a writ of mandamus requiring the trial court to vacate its order striking Collins's demand for jury trial in the proceedings below. We deny the relief sought.

Ralph E. Slate, a practicing attorney in Morgan County, instituted an attorney's lien enforcement suit under the authority of § 34-3-61, Code of Alabama 1975. Collins made a demand for a jury trial, which Slate moved to strike. The trial judge granted the motion, finding that there was no right to a jury trial in a suit to enforce an attorney's lien.

The only issue…