Little Rock, Mississippi River & Texas Ry. v. Manees
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Drew Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Bradley, Circuit Judge. The parties had no jurisdiction of the action. The Constitution expressly limits the jurisdiction in such actions to cases involving one hundred dollars or less. Art. 7, sec. 40, subdiv. 2.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This was an action for $125, for the value of a horse alleged to have been killed by the appellant’s train. The action was begun before a justice of the peace. The plaintiff recovered $125. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, where a judgment was rendered against it in the sum of $100, and this 'appeal taken.
By section 40, of article 7, Constitution of 1874, the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in all matters of damage to personal property is expressly limited to cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed $100.
In actions sounding in damages, the damages that are…
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