Orr v. the Superior Court
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
1Opinion of the CourtStearns, C. J.
Writ of certiorari to the Superior Court.
The single question is whether defendant in the case of Harris & Vose v. James S. Orr now pending in the Superior Court is entitled to have a jury trial. The action is assumpsit and was begun by writ returnable to the Superior Court December 21, T929; the assignment-day was February 1, 1930. Plaintiff filed no written claim f'or a jury trial. January 15, 1930, defendant filed a demurrer to the second count of the declaration and a plea of the general issue to the first and third counts which plea concluded as follows: “and of this he puts himself upon…
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