Cheatham v. Bynum

REYNOLDS, Presiding Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff Velma Cheatham in the amount of $9,162.58 in a suit on a note and a chattel mortgage securing its payment. The action was tried to the court in the face of the demand of the defendants J. H. and Thelma Lois Bynum for a jury trial. The refusal to grant the defendants’ demand for a jury trial is the single point of error raised in this appeal.

The fact that the parties’ right to a jury trial in Oklahoma is determined by the character of the action and of the issues framed by the pleadings, is well established. Matlock…