Pritchard v. Carter County Motor Co.

The trial court upheld the validity of the Act in question, and this appeal resulted.

The question presented is whether Chapter 39 of the Public Acts of 1953, repealed by implication Section 9304 of the Code.

The declaration averred that the appellees took possession of appellant’s truck valued at $1,728, following a judgment in a replevin suit in the General Sessions Court, where the jurisdiction in that court is alleged to be limited to $1,000 in such cases; that the judgment was void as being beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

Chapter 39 of the Public Acts of 1953 undertook to increase the…