Pointer v. Jones
Wyoming Supreme Court
Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, PIon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace is dependent, first upon the nature of the subject matter, and, second, upon the amount involved, or claimed, and, third, upon both.
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Error to the District Court, Sheridan County, PIon. Carroll H. Parmelee, Judge. The material facts are stated in the opinion. The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace is dependent, first upon the nature of the subject matter, and, second, upon the amount involved, or claimed, and, third, upon both. (Const., Sec. 22, Art. V; R. S., Secs. 4323, 4324.) Such jurisdiction is purely statutory, and the statute must be strictly 'construed; jurisdiction cannot be extended by implication. (18'Ency. E. (2d Ed.), 17, 2, 36 and 37.) There is no presumption in favor of jurisdiction, where the record does…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
This action was originally brought before a justice of the peace in Sheridan County by R. D. Jones against Charles W. Pointer, and a judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. For the purpose of obtaining a review of the judgment, the defendant filed a petition in error in the District Court sitting within and for said county, and that court, upon a hearing, affirmed the judgment. From that judgment of affirmance the cause is brought to this court on error.
A final judgment of a justice of the peace may be taken to the District Court of the county either by appeal…
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