Vicksburg Waterworks Co. v. Ford
Mississippi Supreme Court
Erom the circuit court of Warreu county. Hon. John N. Bush, Judge. The waterworks company, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Ford, appellee, was defendant there. Erom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court.
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Erom the circuit court of Warreu county. Hon. John N. Bush, Judge. The waterworks company, appellant, was plaintiff in the court below; Ford, appellee, was defendant there. Erom a judgment in defendant’s favor plaintiff appealed to the supreme court. The facts as stated by Anderson, J., were as follows :y— “The Vicksburg Waterworks Company, appellant., sued the appellee, Edward Eord, in the court of a justice of the peace for $199.44: for water rentals, covering a period from J une 30,1903, to July 24, 1907. There was a judgment by default for the amount sued for, with costs. Erom this…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
Section 171 of the Constitution, which provides for a competent number of justices of the peace, their qualifications, term of office, etc., contains this language: “The jurisdiction of justices of the peace shall extend, to causes in which the principal amount in controversy shall not exceed the sum of $200,” etc. It is settled in Pittman v. Chrisman, 59 Miss. 124, and many other cases by our court, that a plaintiff cannot split up a single *200demand into several sums, so as to thereby give the justice’s court jurisdiction of its several parts. In McLendon v. Pass, 66 Miss. 110, 5 South. 231,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McLendon v. PassMississippi Supreme Court · 1888
- Pittman v. ChrismanMississippi Supreme Court · 1881
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- Kantrovitz v. McNeillMississippi Supreme Court · 1916