Jarrett v. Phillips

This suit was originally commenced before a justice of the peace, and, on the trial of defendant’s appeal in the circuit court, substantially the same judgment rendered as was rendered in the lower court. One ground of error insisted upon is, the circuit court had no jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit when it assumed to try the cause and pronounced judgment. As the action was for goods sold and delivered for a sum within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, and as the parties on both sides appeared and entered upon the trial without objection, it is difficult to understand…