Hill v. Green

BAILES, Justice.

This is a tort action in which the sole issue before us is whether plaintiff is entitled to have her suit tried by jury. More narrowly stated, the question for our resolution is whether plaintiff’s request for a jury trial was timely under the provisions of LSA-C.C.P. Article 1732.

The trial judge refused to sign the order for the jury trial, and after contradictory hearing on a rule nisi obtained against defendants by plaintiff, the trial judge maintained his prior denial of the sought for order.

The reasons for the holding of the trial judge are not in the record, however, it…