Harris v. David Hadden & Co.

Hadden '& Co. sued Harris before a justice, of the peace by warrant “in a plea of debt due by note and bill of exchange under one thousand dollars.” *215The justice rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $720.98. The defendant brought the case into the circuit court by writs of certiorari and super-sedeas. The case was tried on September 22, 1877, by the judge without a jury, and he rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs for $821.91. The defendant moved for a new trial on various grounds,, and among others, “that the court had no jurisdiction of the cause.” He also “moved in…