Singleton v. Madison

OPINION of the Court, by

Judge Boyle.

— This'was. an action of trespass upon the case, for the trover and conversion of three hogs, charged to be of the value of ten dollars each ; and the damages were laid in the declaration at fifty dollars. The defendant plead the general issue, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for eleven dollars and twenty-five cents ; for which the court refused to give judgment, not having, as they alleged, jurisdiction of the cause.

To determine the question of jurisdiction, it is necessary to advent to the acts of the legislature from which the courts of…