Coates v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

SAMUEL, Judge.

On June 1, 1964 plaintiff filed this suit for damages arising out of an automobile accident. The petition contained a prayer for trial by jury. In due course the defendant was served and filed its answer. On July 13, 1964, after the answer had been filed and upon motion made by the defendant, the court set the case for trial on its merits on the court’s regular, i. e. nonjury, *211docket. Plaintiff’s attorney then mailed to the trial judge a motion and order setting the case for jury trial and fixing the amount of bond to be furnished for such trial. After the motion had been filed…