Hill v. Newman

Heydenfeldt, J., concurred.

This was an action brought before a Justice of the Peace, for damages arising from injuries alleged to have been inflicted by the defendants upon the plaintiff, by the partial destruction of mining ditches belonging to the plaintiff, and the wrongful diversion of water into ditches belonging to the defendants. The only question which seems to be raised by the record, is whether a Justice of the Peace has jurisdiction of such a cause, where the injury is to other than personal property.

The jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace in this State, embraces actions for…