Kuhns v. Krammis

Part 5, vol. 2 of the R. S. 1852, (2 G-. & H.) p. 576, is entitled:

“Concerning justices of the peace, their general jurisdiction, and mode of proceeding before them.”

And the title of the first act in that part is:

“An act providing for the election and qualification of justices of the peace, and defining their jurisdiction, powers, and duties in civil cases.”

*491Section 70 of that act assumes to prescribe the manner in which the Circuit and Common Pleas Courts shall render judgment for costs, on the trial of appeals from the judgments of justices of the peace.

Appeals from justices of the peace, by…