Gould v. Johnston
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal from a judgment of the municipal court for the city of St. Paul, entered upon default of defendant to answer.
1Opinion of the CourtGilfillan, C. J.
Appeal from the judgment of the municipal court of St. Paul, entered upon default of defendant to answer. The complaint claimed $138.85 and interest.
*189The summons was served by the sheriff of Becker county, within his county. The defendant claims that the court below had no jurisdiction, for this reason; and the argument is made that, by the act creating the municipal court, that court is one of merely local jurisdiction, extending, except as to amount, at most, no further than that of a justice of the peace. This may have been so under the original act, (Sp. Laws 1875, c. 2,) but the amendment…
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