Barber v. Smith

A Rule was issued by this Court to show cause why a Writ of Prohibition should not be issued to prohibit the Circuit Judge from further exercising jurisdiction in a cause on the ground that the amount involved is not within the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court.

The action is at law by D. A. Layton, the assignee of an account dated April 18, 1936, for $417.54 and the payee in a note dated October 17, 1935, for $200.00 and interest, less payments credited on the note, the action being upon both the account and the note.

A praecipe filed in the Circuit Court March 11, 1939, requested a summons to…