L. R., M. R. & T. Ry. v. Manees
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Drew Circuit Court. J. M. Bradley, Judge. The suit must be brought within one year. Mansf. Dig., sec. 554.0. A justice has no jurisdiction in cases where the damages exceed $100. 44 Ark., ioo. No suit having been instituted in a court having jurisdiction, within twelve months the action was barred. Wood on Lim., sec. 2gj; 24 Penn. St., 4214; 1 Serg. & R. (Penn.), 256; 25 Ark., 510.
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
There was a previous suit between the parties to this record about the same subject matter. It was instituted before a justice of the peace to recover for damages done to the appellee’s horse by one of the appellant’s locomotives. The appellee had a verdict and judgment before the justice and also on appeal to the Circuit Court for $125, the amount claimed in the action. On appeal to this court the judgment was vacated and the action dismissed upon the ground that the justice could not entertain jurisdiction for an injury to personal property where the amount in controversy was more than…
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