Fisher v. Prewitt

Suit by Prewitt against Fisher, commenced May 11, 1853, in the Shelby Common Pleas, to recover 1,000 dollars in damages for an alleged trespass. Answer, the general denial. Trial by the Court, and judgment for the plaintiff for 400 dollars.

Fisher appeals, and denies the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas, because the damages claimed were 1,000 dollars.

By the Common Pleas act, it is admitted that that Court had jurisdiction; but subsequently to the passage of that act, the Circuit Court act was passed, which gave the latter Court original exclusive jurisdiction in all cases of “one…