Bell v. City of West Point
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Colfax County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. Plaintiff in error, Robert Bell, brought suit before A. H. Taylor, a justice of the peace, against the city of West Point, defendant in error, on a demand for damages, and filed the following bill of particulars, to-wit: “The City of West Point to Robert Bell, Dr. 1875. March 1. To amount of damages to horse, caused by the negligence and failure of the city to keep in repair a certain bridge on Main street…
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Error to the Circuit Court of Colfax County. Hon. J. A. Orr, Judge. Plaintiff in error, Robert Bell, brought suit before A. H. Taylor, a justice of the peace, against the city of West Point, defendant in error, on a demand for damages, and filed the following bill of particulars, to-wit: “The City of West Point to Robert Bell, Dr. 1875. March 1. To amount of damages to horse, caused by the negligence and failure of the city to keep in repair a certain bridge on Main street within the corporation, whereby plaintiff’s horse was injured and afterwards died, $150.” By leave of the court an…
1Opinion of the CourtSimrall, J.
All the members of the court concur in the opinion on the merits, but differ on the question of jurisdiction.
I shall confine myself exclusively to the consideration of that subject. The proposition may be stated in this form: Does the constitution confine the civil jurisdiction of justices of the peace to matters of debt, pecuniary demands arising ex contractu, or may the legislature, within the limit prescribed in the constitution, confer jurisdiction to hear and ■ determine causes for the recovery of personal property, or damages for injuries to the same, or for the recovery of damages for…
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