Block v. Fitts

SANDERS, Justice.

On application of plaintiffs, we granted' certiorari, 257 La. 736, 243 So.2d 817, un der our supervisory jurisdiction to determine the validity of the trial judge’s ruling that plaintiffs’ motion for a jury trial came too late. After consideration, we reverse the ruling.

Plaintifffs filed this action for automobile-accident damages on August 28, 1969. The several defendants filed answers to the petition. Nearly one year later, on August 3, 1970, the plaintiffs filed an amending petition. The defendants then filed answers to the amending petition. The last answer filed was that…