Ramer v. Smith

A writ of error was sued out to reverse a.judgment of the county court of Larimer county dismissing the plaintiff’s action. The judgment was put on the ground that the justice had no jurisdiction to entertain and tiy the suit, and the matters supposed to sustain the conclusion were for the first time exhibited in the court to which the cause had been *435appealed. The suit was on a note for one hundred dollars, and the amount claimed was within the statutory limit of the justice’s jurisdiction. The defendants made no appearance, otherwise than to preserve their right to appeal, gave the statutory…