Kennedy v. Downey

The defendant is appellant from a judgment obtained by the plaintiffs, his lessors, for the possession of the leased premises, and by which he is ordered to be expelled therefrom.

The possession was claimed on the ground of arrearages of rent unpaid. The defendant filed an exception disclaiming the jurisdiction of the court, on the ground of the lease being of greater value than one thousand dollars, the maximum of the court’s jurisdiction ; and he denied that any ground of action was stated in the petition. It does not appear to us that the court erred. By an act of the legislature passed in…