Cranston v. Union Trust Co.

This wras a suit instituted in the circuit court of Monroe county, to enforce a lien against the railroad of defendant, for work done upon its road-bed amounting in value to the sum of $22.43. The plaintiff recovered judgment and the defendants have appealed. Two grounds of error are alleged. 1st, That as the amount sued for was less than $50, the circuit court had no jurisdiction. 2nd, That the lien should have been enforced only against that portion of defendant’s road which was benefited by the plaintiff’s labor.

Section 1102 of the Revised Statutes confers upon circuit courts “exclusive…