Taylor v. Smith

This was an action, commenced on the 15th day of September, 1870, before a justice of the peace of Will county, upon a demand for $600, wherein judgment was rendered October 1, 1870, against the defendant below (the appellant) for the sum of $153.10 and costs of suit.

By a special act of the general assembly of March 7, 1867, this justice of the peace was invested with jurisdiction to the amount of $600.

The only question presented here is, whether, since the adoption of the present constitution on the 8th of August, 1870, the justice of the peace could rightfully exercise this special…