Doster v. State

Doster, a fourteen year old boy, was adjudged by the Juvenile Court of Weakley County to be a delinquent child within the meaning of Code Section 10271. It was ordered that he be committed to the Industrial School.

The statute codified at Section 10269 et seq., creates a Juvenile Court for each county and defines the jurisdiction of such. Court. It is .a Court which under our law is inferior to the Circuit Court. State v. Bockman, 139 Tenn. 422, 426, 201 S. W. 741.

By Code Section 10327 the Circuit Court is given “appellate jurisdiction” of all suits instituted “before any inferior…