Smith v. Hunt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Exceptions by Dependant. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Bangor Municipal Court, in which plaintiff, a resident of Orrington, Penobscot county, declared against the defendant, a resident of Kennebec county, on an account annexed to the writ for twelve dollars and twenty cents. There was also an account in quantum meruit covering the same cause of action and alleging a value of fifteen dollars. But one recovery was claimed under the two counts.
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On Exceptions by Dependant. This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Bangor Municipal Court, in which plaintiff, a resident of Orrington, Penobscot county, declared against the defendant, a resident of Kennebec county, on an account annexed to the writ for twelve dollars and twenty cents. There was also an account in quantum meruit covering the same cause of action and alleging a value of fifteen dollars. But one recovery was claimed under the two counts. The ad damnum in the writ was fifty dollars. On the return day of the writ, defendant appeared specially by counsel, for the purpose…
1Opinion of the CourtHaskell, J.
Assumpsit upon an account for $12.20 with a quantum meruit for the same cause of action, brought before the Bangor Municipal Court. That court has concurrent jurisdiction with trial justices against defendants residing in the county, outside of Bangor, when the debt or damages demanded do not exceed $20 and exclusive jurisdiction when either party does reside in Bangor. It has concurrent jurisdiction with this court when the debt or damages demanded exceed $20 and do not exceed $300. Act of 1895, c. 211, § 2; R. S., c. 83, §§ 3 and 9.
This defendant resided in the county of Kennebec. The ad…
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