Zander v. Coe
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Sacramento County. The points in controversy will be found distinctly stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, J.
Murray, C. J., concurred.
By statute, the Legislature has conferred jurisdiction on Justices Courts, where the sum in controversy does not exceed five hundred dollars:
The only question raised in this case, is whether the statute is constitutional.
The Constitution provides that, “The District Court shall have original jurisdiction in all cases of law and equity, where the amount in dispute exceeds two hundred dollars.” Art. 6, §6. In Hudson v. Caulfield, 3 Cal., 389, we had occasion to construe this section of the Constitution, and there held, that the jurisdiction thus given was ex*231clusively…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Caulfield v. HudsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1853
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