Eason v. Smith
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
.In ERROR. WRIT of error to Lycoming county. _ . Campbell, for the plaintiff in error, stated the question to be, whether an action would lie before a justice of the peace, for the balance due on a judgment in the Court of Common T>, , - , Fleas; and referred to the Act of 20th March, 1810, sec. 14, Purd. Di?. 339.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
The only question in this case is, whether an action lies before a justice of the peace, to receive the balance (under one hundred dollars) due on a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace, is founded altogether on Acts of Assembly. No Act has been produced giving jurisdiction in a case of this kind. Consequently, the justice before whom this suit *344was commenced, had no jurisdiction, and the judgment given (,y t{je Court of Common Pleas, for the defendant below, should be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
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