D'Armond v. Pullen

It has been held, under the various laws with regard to the expulsion of contumacious tenants, that a Justice of the Peace has jurisdiction, irrespective of the price of the lease, of the value of the property claimed by the lessor, and of the value of improvements claimed by the lessee. See *138Walker v. Van Winkle, 8 N. S. 563 ; Kennedy v. Downing, 2 Rob. 284; C C. 2683; Acts 1819, 3d March.

The existing laws gave the Justice of the Peace original jurisdiction in the present cause, for the monthly rent, or the lease held, did not exceed one hundred dollars. Revised Stat., p. 308, sec. 2. The…