Ex parte Ansley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Petition for a writ of mandamus to the Hon. James W. Lapsley, judge of the City Court of Anniston, to compel him to vacate an order transferring a suit from the jury to the nonjury docket. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
The act amending the act creating the city court of Anniston, provides in section 6, “That in all civil cases at law in said court the issue and question of fact shall be tried by the court without the intervention of a jury, unless a jury be demanded by the plaintiff at the commencement of the suit, or when the cause is at issue, by endorsing such demand on the summons and complaint or other original process, or by the defendant or other party at his appearance by endorsing such demand in writing on the plea or demurrer or other-pleadings. Provided, that when a cause is transferred to said…
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