Case Title: COLLEY v. HARBOUR

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Docket Number: 101328

State: oklahoma

Court: Oklahoma Supreme Court

Date: 2004-11-29T00:00:00Z

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COLLEY v. HARBOUR  COLLEY v. HARBOUR 2004 OK 90 104 P.3d 584 Case Number: 101328 Decided: 11/29/2004 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA ANDREANA COLLEY, Petitioner, v. THE HONORABLE DAVID M. HARBOUR, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, Respondent. O R D E R ¶1 Original jurisdiction is assumed. Let the writ of prohibition issue in Andreana Colley, Plaintiff v. Chad Burns, Defendant, Case No. CJ-2003-2518, whereby the Honorable David M. Harbour, District Court of Oklahoma County, is directed not to enforce the order of July 1, 2004, requiring the plaintiff to prepay the cost of a jury trial, pursuant to 28 O.S. §152.1 (7), when only the defendant demanded the jury trial. ¶2 We hold that in civil cases where litigants are entitled to a jury trial, the party demanding the jury trial is obligated to prepay the cost required in 28 O.S. §152.1 (7). See Barnes v. Smith, 1937 OK 26, 64 P.2d 1217 , 1218 (the right to a civil jury trial may be exercised at the option of a party willing to bear the statutory expense). ¶3 DONE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT IN CONFERENCE THIS 29TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2004. /S/CHIEF JUSTICE ¶4 WATT, C.J., OPALA, V.C.J., LAVENDER, KAUGER, WINCHESTER, EDMONDSON, TAYLOR, COLBERT, JJ. - Concur