Washburn v. Payne

-On a bond for 175 dollars, with condition for the delivery of certain property, an action was brought before a justice of the peace. The plaintiff below, in stating his cause of action before the justice, claimed 81 dollars and 25 cents, and had judgment to that amount. Defendant appealed to the Circuit Court, and thence to this Court. The statute of 1827 gives jurisdiction to a justice of the peace, where the sum due or demanded shall not exceed 100 dollars. From the phraseology of the statute, we are of opinion that the intention of the general assembly was to regulate the jurisdiction of…