National Union Electric Corporation v. Dominic Wilson and Paul W. Young

This appeal is before the Court on motion of the appellants Wilson and Young, for summary reversal of the judgment of the District Court on the ground that they were denied their right to a trial by jury, which they had seasonably demanded. 1 They rely on two decisions of the Supreme Court: Dairy Queen v. Wood, 369 U.S. 469, 82 S.Ct. 894, 8 L.Ed. 2d 44 (1962); Beacon Theatres v. Westover, 359 U.S. 500, 79 S.Ct. 948, 3 L.Ed. 2d 988 (1959). Consideration of this issue requires an analysis of the pleadings which consisted of an amended complaint and the answers filed thereto.

Plaintiff, National…