Hatter v. Eastland

GrOLTHWAITE, <!.■

It is true, that the original jurisdiction of the Circuit Court, in civil cases, is limited by the 6th section of the 5th article of the constitution, to amounts exceeding fifty dollars; but the legislature has conferred upon it appellate jurisdiction in cases under that amount, and all that is necessary to authorize the Circuit Court to try a case under fifty dollars, so far as the mere question of authority is concerned, is the fact that it is brought before it from the inferior tribunal, and was first determined there. In the present case, the record shows that the amount…