Stephenson v. Porter

This suit was instituted before a justice of the peace to recover a sum claimed to be due from the defendant to the plaintiffs. Judgment was recovered by the plaintiffs, and the defendant appealed to the Circuit Court; where, on a trial de novo, the plaintiff again succeeded, and recovered a judgment for $46.72. On appeal by the defendant to the District Court, the judgment was’ affirmed, and the defendant now brings the case here by writ of error.

It is objected that the demand in suit exceeds the jurisdiction of a justice; that improper evidence to the prejudice of the defendant was admitted…