Phillips & Buttorff Mfg. Co. v. Campbell

This is an action by Phillips & Buttorff Manufacturing Company against Mrs. M. M. Campbell, brought to enforce a mechanic’s lien *470for $37.50, the price of materials averred to have been furnished by the plaintiff to the defendant for the repair and ornamentation of her house. Tihe suit was commenced in the Circuit Court of Williamson County by original summons and attachment.

Defendant demurred to plaintiff’s declaration, and, for cause of demurrer, said that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the cause of action stated, because the debt sued for was less than $50 in amount. The Circuit…