Howard v. Jones

Judge Makshael

delivered the Opinion of the Court,

The amount collectable on the execution, for a failure to return which by a constable this motion was made, hav*nS ^een above live pounds, the motion should have been made in the Circuit Court, and a Justice of the Peace had no jurisdiction to try. it: (Stat. Law, 420-21;) Lane vs Young, (1 Litt. 40;) Abbey vs Thomas, (2 Litt. 166;) Jennings vs Jones, 4 J. J. Marshall, 217,) unless in a case arising after the passage of the act of 1835, approved February 28, 1835—Session Acts, 1834-5, ¶. 301-2.

But as the amount demanded, whether determined by…