Jack County Farm Bureau v. Mote

DICKENSON, Justice.

The controlling question is whether a constitutional county court had jurisdiction to decide a third party action which sought judgment over on a claim for the principal sum of $770.44 plus prejudgment interest and which also sought attorney fees of $500. We hold that the constitutional county court did not have jurisdiction.

*749United States Leasing Corporation sued Charles H. Mote to recover an indebtedness under a lease agreement for a copying machine, seeking the principal sum of $770.44 plus $223.42 as prejudgment interest. Charles H. Mote filed a third party action…