Crabtree v. Cliatt
Supreme Court of Alabama
Ekkor to the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon, Ezekibl Pickets. This proceeding ivas commenced by ordinary warrant before a justice of the peace, sued out by tlie defendant in error against the plaintiffs iu error, on a note for the sum of ■fifty dollars, falling due on the 1st January, 1851. The trial was had, and the judgment rendered on the 16th of August, 1851. The judgment was for $50 and costs, from which an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court.
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Ekkor to the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon, Ezekibl Pickets. This proceeding ivas commenced by ordinary warrant before a justice of the peace, sued out by tlie defendant in error against the plaintiffs iu error, on a note for the sum of ■fifty dollars, falling due on the 1st January, 1851. The trial was had, and the judgment rendered on the 16th of August, 1851. The judgment was for $50 and costs, from which an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court. In that court, the defendant pleaded to the jurisdiction of the justice of the peace, and the record states that the plea “ is…
1Opinion of the CourtLigon, J.
By the 10th section, 5th article of the constitution of this State, it is provided: “A competent number of justices of tbe peace shall be appointed .in and for each county, in such mode and for such term of office as the General Assembly may direct. Their jurisdiction in civil cases shall be limited to canses in wbicb tbe amount in controversy shall not exceed fifty dollars; and in all cases, tried before a justice of tbe peace, right of appeal shall be secured, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by law.”
To give practical effect to this clause of our constitution, the…
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