Fleming v. Wilson
Washington Supreme Court
Fleming v. Wilson, 39 Wash. 106 (Wash. 1905)
80 P. 1104; 1905 Wash. LEXIS 823
Fleming v. Wilson
Opinion of the Court
The only question presented on this appeal is Whether the lower court may call a jury in a law case where the parties have waived a jury under the provisions of the act of March 6, 1903, relating to jury trials. Laws 1903, p'. 50. This same question was presented to this court under substantially the same facts in Knapp v. Order of Pendo, 36 Wash. 601, 79 Pac. 209, where we said:
“It is within the discretion of the trial court to permit a demand for a jury to be made after the case is called
Under this rule, tbe judgment must be affirmed. It is so ordered.
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- T. W. Fleming v. L. G. Wilson
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- Syllabus
- Trial—By Jury—Failing to Demand When Set eor Trial—Discretion. It is discretionary to award a jury trial although the same was not demanded when the case was set for trial in the manner required by Laws 1903, p. 50, and error cannot be predicated thereon.