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Clyde KNOWLES, Appellant, v. The BANK OF GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Appellee.
    No. TT-430.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 6, 1981.
    Willard E. Parsons and Michael A. Kol-cun, Jacksonville, for appellant.
    William A. Wilkes of Anderson, Wilkes & McAnnally, Green Cove Springs, for appel-lee.
   PER CURIAM.

On July 19, 1978, the bank filed a complaint alleging that Knowles had failed to pay a $10,000 note due with interest since July 1977. Knowles answered by denying the allegations and by affirmatively alleging that he had already paid the note. He also made a timely demand for a jury trial. After a pretrial conference, the trial court denied Knowles’ demand and set the matter for trial without a jury. The trial court subsequently entered a judgment in favor of the bank.

We must reverse. The pleadings set forth an action at law. Accordingly, we hold that Knowles is entitled to a jury trial and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

MILLS, C. J., and McCORD and THOMPSON, JJ., concur.