Evans v. Adams
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from, Reno District Court. Action, originally brought by Adams, defendant in error, against Jesse Evans and Charles D. Nelson, plaintiffs in error, in the district court of Barbour county, and the venue was. subsequently changed to Reno county, where the cause was tried at the April Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in error, Adams.
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Error from, Reno District Court. Action, originally brought by Adams, defendant in error, against Jesse Evans and Charles D. Nelson, plaintiffs in error, in the district court of Barbour county, and the venue was. subsequently changed to Reno county, where the cause was tried at the April Term, 1877, of the district court, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant in error, Adams. Plaintiff in the court below, Adams, based his cause of action against the defendants below on an alleged violation by said defendants of the act of the legislature entitled “An act for the protection of stock…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
Only a single assignment of error need be considered. This relates to the want of jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action by the district court. Section 2 of the act of 1867 provides that justices of the peace, within their respective counties, shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all cases arising under the act. (Gen. Stat. 1014.)
An examination of the provisions of the constitution of the state, clearly establishes the fact that this authorization of jurisdiction is not in contravention of that instrument. Sec. 9, art. 3,…
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