Case Name: NELSON v. AMERICAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. et al.
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1950-01-12
Citations: 9 F.R.D. 680
Docket Number: No. 1359
Parties: NELSON v. AMERICAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Rules Decisions
Volume: 9
Pages: 680–680

Head Matter:
NELSON v. AMERICAN NAT. BANK & TRUST CO. et al.
No. 1359.
United States District Court E. D. Tennessee, S. D.
Jan. 12, 1950.
Atchley & Atchley, Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff.
Frazier, Roberts & Weill, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendants.

Opinion:
DARR, Chief Judge.
This suit originated in a state equity court. In the initial pleadings in that court the plaintiff made demand for a trial by a jury. Now comes the defendant, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, and moves to strike the demand for a jury.
The demand for a jury trial in the state court has no legal effect here. No demand for a jury trial has been made since the removal, which is necessary under Rule 81(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A. Ferris v. Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp., D.C., 8 F.R.D. 489.
The defendant's motion will be treated as a motion to strike the case from the jury calendar and is allowed.
If appropriate issues are presented under which the plaintiff would be entitled as a matter of right to a jury trial, except for the absence of an appropriate demand for a jury, and said issues are accompanied by a request for a jury trial, consideration will be given the application.
Order accordingly.