Edgar v. Economic Opportunity Legal Services Program, Inc.

This proceeding began here as an appeal from a circuit court order which (a) found that the amount in controversy under count one of petitioner’s two count complaint was below the minimum amount over which the circuit court has jurisdiction and (b) transferred count one to the civil court of record for trial. The circuit court retained jurisdiction over count two. We declined to grant appel-lees’ motion to dismiss the appeal but entered an order that the appeal should be considered a petition for certiorari. Thereafter petitioner’s counsel proceeded with the cause and argued that the finding…