Morgan v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; The court erred in setting aside the judgment on the verdict and in entering a judgment which was in effect an affirmance of the judgment of the justice of the peace. Kirby’s Dig., § 6649; 92 Ark. 425. 1. The question of jurisdiction was not raised in the case cited by appellant, and that case does not control here.
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Appeal from Jackson Circuit Court; R. E. Jeffery, Judge; The court erred in setting aside the judgment on the verdict and in entering a judgment which was in effect an affirmance of the judgment of the justice of the peace. Kirby’s Dig., § 6649; 92 Ark. 425. 1. The question of jurisdiction was not raised in the case cited by appellant, and that case does not control here. This case is ruled by the case of Rose v. Christinet, 77 Ark. 582. On appeal from a justice of the peace to the circuit court, the jurisdiction of the court is derived from and dependent upon the appeal, and the circuit…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCulloch, C. J.
Appellant, W. C. Morgan, worked for appellee as section foreman, and was discharged on January 19, 1911, as he alleges, without payment of the amount of wages due. He instituted this action before a justice of the peace of Jackson County on January 31, 1911, to recover the amount of his wages for nineteen days at the rate of .$1.831-3 per day, amounting to the sum of $34.83, and damages at the same rate per day for the delay in payment. The cause was heard before the justice of the peace on February 1, 1911, and judgment was rendered in appellant’s favor for the sum of $55.00, and an appeal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Leep v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. BryantSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- Koch v. KimberlingSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1892
- Rose v. ChristinetSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. PickettSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1902
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