McCoy v. Duehay
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Aji>peal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Landlord and tenant proceedings by F. H. Duehay against Miss M. McCoy to recover possession of an apariment. Judgment for landlord, and tenant appeals.
1DissentSmith, Chief Justice
There is no warrant in either the Kilgore or Smith Case, cited, for saying that the jurisdiction of the municipal court over the subject-matter of a landlord and tenant action is suspended by the parties’ invoking or failing to invoke the Ball Rent Act. Jurisdiction of a court over the subject-matter can be affected only by statute—never by the action of the parties—because it is derived solely from the statute. Raney v. McRae, 14 Ga. 589, 60 Am. Dec. 660; Robinson v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co., 112 N. Y. 315, 19 N. E. 625, 2 L. R. A. 636. The majority opinion, confuses the duty with the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Fauntleroy v. LumSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Robinson v. Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1889
- Raney v. McRaeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
- Hayden v. FilipponeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1922