Coates v. Cork
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
ON the 15th day of August 1831, the defendant gave to the plaintiff n bond fo> 1 20 dollars, conditioned for the payment of 60 dollars with imeiest honi that day. A warrant of attorney to confess judgniohi arrouij unied the bond. On the same day judgment was emeied in tliH coiut.
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ON the 15th day of August 1831, the defendant gave to the plaintiff n bond fo> 1 20 dollars, conditioned for the payment of 60 dollars with imeiest honi that day. A warrant of attorney to confess judgniohi arrouij unied the bond. On the same day judgment was emeied in tliH coiut. The d.ffe d.iiii d a rule to show cause why the judgment should not be set aside, upon the ground that the court has not jurisdiction of tire case. cited : 9 Serg. & Rawle 294; 13 Serg. & Mawle 287 ; 1 Dali. 808; and the 26th section of the act relative to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, passed 20th March…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Pettit, President.
-The act of assembly of the 30th of March 1811, which first established the district court for the city and *271county of Philadelphia, marked out the jurisdiction which belongs to the present court. It expressly provides that the court shall have no jurisdiction except where the sum in controversy 'hall exceed 100 dollars. In this case, the sum, which by his own showing the plaintiff had a right to demand, was but til) dollars. The sum in controversy could not exceed that amount. By the plain language of the act, then, the court has no…
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