McDougle-Craig Co. v. Greenlees

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Benson, J.:

The question to be determined in this case is whether a justice of the peace in Grant township, Douglas county, had jurisdiction of an action for the recovery of money not exceeding $300, where the defendant was a resident of the city of Lawrence. When the action was commenced and tried chapter 165 of the Laws of 1901, creating the Douglas county *441court, was in effect. The defendant’s contention is that the amendment of 1899 (Laws 1899, ch. 93, § 1; Gen. Stat. 1909, § 6361) to section 1 of the justices’ code deprived the justice of…