Crake v. Crake
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Madison Common Pleas.
1Opinion of the CourtPerkins, J.
Suit upon the transcript of a judgment of a justice of the peace of the State of Ohio. Demurrer to the complaint overruled, and exception taken. The demurrer *157should have been sustained. The complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action.
Courts of justices of the peace are of special and limited jurisdiction. Turner v. Robey, 3 Com. (N. Y.) 193; Draggoo v. Graham, 9 Ind. 212. It is a rule of pleading at common law, that, in suing upon the judgment of such a Court, the complaint must show that the justice had jurisdiction of the subject-matter, and of the person of the…
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2Cases cited8 opinions
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