Holloway v. School District No. Nine

Plaintiff sued defendant for a balance of wages as teacher, his contract, as he claims, being for $104, and the amount paid him being $52.

*155A preliminary question was raised concerning jurisdiction. The case was begun before a justice upon a summons, which4' laid the damages within the sum authorized for his jurisdiction. The special count in the declaration was for the sum due under the contract, but the common counts laid damages at $500. No objection was made before the justice, and he gave judgment on the merits. In the circuit court no objection was made until the trial had progressed,…