Kantrovitz v. McNeill
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. Monroe M.cClurg, Judge. Suit by Jake Kantrovitz, against Mrs. J. T. McNeil. The circuit court on appeal from a justice of the peace, •dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction, and plaintiff appeals.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Leflore county. Hon. Monroe M.cClurg, Judge. Suit by Jake Kantrovitz, against Mrs. J. T. McNeil. The circuit court on appeal from a justice of the peace, •dismissed the suit for want of jurisdiction, and plaintiff appeals. Appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, filed ■suit in the justice court against appellee on open account for one hundred and ninety-five dollars and twenty-five cents for merchandise furnished appellee’s minor sons. On the trial de novo in the circuit court, the case was heard by the judge, a jury being waived, and the suit or •…
1Opinion of the Court
Holden, X,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts as testified in the lower court show that the-court of the justice of the peace bad jurisdiction, of this lawsuit; consequently, on appeal to the circuit court, that court had jurisdiction, and should not have dismissed the-case.
This case comes within the rule announced in Vicksburg Waterworks Co. v. Ford, 97 Miss. 198, 52 So. 208.
Reversed and remanded..
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- Vicksburg Waterworks Co. v. FordMississippi Supreme Court · 1910