Pearson v. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Nav. Co.

Petition for rehearing denied February 24,1931

On Petition for Rehearing

(296 P. 50)

BROWN, J.

The appellant has petitioned for a rehearing, upon the ground that the court erred in holding that he was not entitled to a jury trial. In his brief in support of the petition, he states:

“A jury trial is a constitutional and common law right of every suitor in an action at law from time immemorial. The right to a jury trial is considered so fundamental that it has been written into the constitution of every one of the forty-eight states, including Oregon. To deny one of a jury trial under such…