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Dear Mr. Ventura,

This office is receipt of your opinion request in which you present the following questions:

1. Can a Justice of the Peace handle a reconventional demand for more than $2,000.00?

2. If so, can he render a judgment greater than $2,000.00 in a reconventional suit?

Article 4911 of the Code of Civil Procedure provides:

A. The civil jurisdiction of a justice of the peace court is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute does not exceed two thousand dollars.

B. For the purpose of this Chapter, the amount in dispute is determined by the amount demanded or…