Berry v. Linton
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Johnson Circuit Court. This was an action of debt brought to March term, 1833, .in the court below, by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error.
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Error to Johnson Circuit Court. This was an action of debt brought to March term, 1833, .in the court below, by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error. The declaration demanded the sum of $ISQ 40 cts., and counted upon three writings obligatory, one for $44 25, one for $12 14, and the other for $66 25. At the return term the defendant moved the court to dismiss the suit, for want of jurisdiction apparent on the record, because the several writings sued on were each within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. This motion was sustained by the court below, the case…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, Judge
This is an action of debt brought by the plaintiff against the defendant on several writings obligatory. The defendant moved the court to dismiss the cause for want of jurisdiction, which motion was sustained. To reverse the judgment given on this point, the plaintiff now prosecutes his writ of error.
This suit is founded on several distinct causes of action, none of which taken separately, amount to the sum of one hundred dollars, or upwards, but all of them taken collectively, is equal to the sum of one hundred and twenty dollars and sixty-four cents. By an act of the legislature approved…
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