Sykes v. Lafferry

This is an action on a promissory note for the sum of thirty dollars, originally brought before a justice of the peace, from whose judgment an appeal was taken to the circuit court, where a judgment was rendered, in favor of the defendants, at the September term, 18G8. The Code of Practice, by which the courts of the State are now governed, had not then gone into absolute effect. We are at a loss to determine whether the appellant is prosecuting his appeal under the statute, regulating appeals before the adoption of the Code, or under it.

If under the former, this court has no jurisdiction in…