Alley v. Caspari
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions. Appeal from the municipal court of Ellsworth. The point is stated in the opinion. cited: R. S., c. 113, § 2 ; 68 Maine, 47 ; 39 Maine, 476 ; 63 Maine, 384. The Ellsworth municipal court has not jurisdiction by the act of 1869 because the addatnnum is over twenty dollars.
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On exceptions. Appeal from the municipal court of Ellsworth. The point is stated in the opinion. cited: R. S., c. 113, § 2 ; 68 Maine, 47 ; 39 Maine, 476 ; 63 Maine, 384. The Ellsworth municipal court has not jurisdiction by the act of 1869 because the addatnnum is over twenty dollars. Special Acts of 1869, c. 29, § 12. Nor by the act of 1876 because the sole defendant was not a resident of the county. ' Special Acts of 1876, c. 298, § 2. Municipal, and in fact all inferior courts, are of limited jurisdiction and are strictly confined to the powers and cases delegated to them by the acts by…
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, C. J.
In a writ, returnable to the municipal court of the city of Ellsworth, a tribunal having jurisdiction in actions where not exceeding one hundred dollars of debt or damage is demanded, and the person sued is a resideut of Hancock county, the defendant is described as commorant of Eden, within tjiat county, and was arrested on the writ as he was about to remove his residence out of the state. He disputes the jurisdiction of the municipal court upon the plea that, when arrested, he was not a resident of any place in Hancock county, but had his residence in Boston in the commonwealth of…
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