Legal Opinion
Sherburne v. Semmes
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia
Decided April 15, 1824PublishedCited by 1 opinion
This was an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, who tried the cause by a jury, under the late Act of Congress for enlarging the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, March 1, 1823. [3 Stat. at Large, 743.]
1Opinion of the Court
The Court,
having doubts concerning their jurisdiction, requested the gentlemen of the bar, if so disposed, to argue the question, whether this Court can try a case, either with or without a jury, which has been tried by a jury before a justice of the peace; and for that purpose, continued until the next term, all the appeals in cases over the value of $20.
2Cited by1 opinion
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