Thompson v. Willard
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Court. Rufus D. Hearn, Judge. The justice of the peace had no jurisdiction, since the amount in controversy was over $100. Sand. & H. Dig. § 4317, note 2. For meaning of phrase “all matters of damage to personal property,” as used in the statute, see 41 Ark. 478; 42 Ark. 210; 47 Ark. 59; 48 Ark. 293. The total amount claimed or involved is the test. 7 Ark. 258; 13 Ark. 40; 44 Ark. 100; 45 Ark. 346; 47 Ark. 59; 48 Ark. 293; 62 Ark.209. The $75…
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Appeal from Hempstead Circuit Court. Rufus D. Hearn, Judge. The justice of the peace had no jurisdiction, since the amount in controversy was over $100. Sand. & H. Dig. § 4317, note 2. For meaning of phrase “all matters of damage to personal property,” as used in the statute, see 41 Ark. 478; 42 Ark. 210; 47 Ark. 59; 48 Ark. 293. The total amount claimed or involved is the test. 7 Ark. 258; 13 Ark. 40; 44 Ark. 100; 45 Ark. 346; 47 Ark. 59; 48 Ark. 293; 62 Ark.209. The $75 claimed as the value of the mare was the criterion of jurisdiction. 44 Ark. 100; 45 Ark. 346; 10 Ark. 326. The justice had…
1Opinion of the CourtBattle, J.
This action was instituted by Willard against Thompson, before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for the unlawful detention and conversion of a mare, the property of the plaintiff. After alleging in his complaint that the mare belonged to him, and was sold by Thompson without his consent, and without any order of court or authority of law, he said, “I therefore ask judgment against the said Floyd Thompson for seventy-five dollars for the conversion of said mare, and the sum of thirty dollars for damages for the detention of said mare.” Did the justice of the peace have jurisdiction…
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