Chesney v. McClintock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

The petitioner prays for the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus to compel the defendant, W. S. McClintock, a justice of the peace of the city of Topeka, to assume jurisdiction of and to try an action brought before him on May 18, 1899, wherein the plaintiff in the action has sued on a money demand in an amount exceeding one dollar. The justice of the peace refused to entertain jurisdiction of the cause for the reason that, by section 2, chapter 129,-Laws of 1899, justices of the peace in said city have *95been deprived of jurisdiction in…