Court Opinion

ID: 9602898
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 02:01:29.272974+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:49.248069
License: Public Domain

Hill, Justice,
concurring specially.
The State Court of Cobb County is subject to the Civil Practice Act. Code Ann. §§ 24-2107a, 24-2108a, 81 A-101; Johnson v. Barnes, 237 Ga. 502 (2) (229 SE2d 70) (1976).
In cases tried in courts subject to the Civil Practice Act the right of trial by jury is preserved to the parties unless waived by written stipulation or oral stipulation made in open court and entered in the record. Code Ann. §§ 81A-138, 81A-139.
Thus, in my view, the Cobb County local Act (Ga. L. 1964, p. 3211), which requires a demand for jury trial to be made at the time of filing of an answer and not otherwise, is in conflict with Code Ann. §§ 81A-138, 81A-139. Therefore, Mr. Marler was entitled to trial by jury without making demand therefor.
However, I agree with the majority that a judgment in favor of the C & S Bank was demanded and that any error in denying Marler’s right to trial by jury was harmless. I therefore concur in the judgment.