Harrell v. Hammond's Administrator

Replevin, commenced before a justice of the peace, by the appellee against the appellant.

The complaint alleged that the property involved was of the value of $118, and $20 damages were claimed for the detention thereof. Motion .to dismiss for the want of juris•diction overruled.

*105This presents the first question for our determination. The act of March 11, 1861, governing this case, provides that “justices of the peace shall have jurisdiction to try and determine suits founded on contract or tort, when the debt or damage claimed, or the value of the property sought to be recovered, does not…