State ex rel. Abel v. Breen
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding in certiorari by the State, on relation of George W. Abel, against Hon. Peter Breen, as Judge of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Lander, and the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Lander. The jurisdiction of the justice’s court is limited by the constitution and the statutes.
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Original proceeding in certiorari by the State, on relation of George W. Abel, against Hon. Peter Breen, as Judge of the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Lander, and the District Court of the Third Judicial District in and for the County of Lander. The jurisdiction of the justice’s court is limited by the constitution and the statutes. The justice’s court was without jurisdiction in the three cases filed therein, for the reason that the amount involved exceeds three hundred dollars. The legislative authority to confer jurisdiction upon the justice’s court…
1Opinion of the Court
*519By the Court,
Sanders, J.:
A writ of certiorari issued out of this court upon the application of George W. Abel to review the proceedings had in the Third judicial district court of the State of Nevada in and for the county of Lander in three separate actions commenced in the justice’s court of Argenta township, in said county, and appealed to the district court by the relator upon questions of law and fact.
1. The procedure adopted for the review of the matters complained of limits this inquiry to the discussion of the questions: Had the district court jurisdiction to render any judgment in the…
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