Long v. Loughran
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Order of Miller, Oh. J., Dissolving On the 12th day of November, 1874, there was served on plaintiff a notice issued by E. W. Mitchell, a justice of the peace, as follows: “Ton are hereby notified that John Longhran claims of you three hundred dollars justly due from you on your promissory note, with ten per cent, attorneys’ fees thereon, and jurisdiction given in said note to any justice of the peace; and, unless you appear'at the office of E. W. Mitchell, a…
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Appeal from Order of Miller, Oh. J., Dissolving On the 12th day of November, 1874, there was served on plaintiff a notice issued by E. W. Mitchell, a justice of the peace, as follows: “Ton are hereby notified that John Longhran claims of you three hundred dollars justly due from you on your promissory note, with ten per cent, attorneys’ fees thereon, and jurisdiction given in said note to any justice of the peace; and, unless you appear'at the office of E. W. Mitchell, a justice of the peace in and for Newton township, Jasper county, Iowa, on the 18th day of November, A. D. 1874, at 10…
1Opinion of the Court
Day, J. —
I. Appellant claims that the motion to dissolve the injunction does not present the objection upon which the Chief Justice acted in dissolving it.
The motion presents several specific grounds, and the general ground that the motion was improperly granted.
The motion, we think, authorized a reconsideration of the terms of the original notice.
II. The amount of the note, including interest and attorneys’ fees, and the amount for which judgment was rendered, is less than $300.00, and is within the sum over which a justice of the peace may have jurisdiction, by consent. Code, section 3508.…
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