Rutter v. Merchant
District Court, District of Columbia
Rutter v. Merchant, 1 D.C. 36 (1801)
Contra, Cranch
Rutter v. Merchant
Opinion of the Court
decided that this Court has not jurisdiction, the amount demanded being under twenty dollars, upon the principle that it was the intention of the act concerning the District of Columbia that magistrates should have exclusive jurisdiction of all personal demands under twenty dollars, although the words of the act do not give such jurisdiction exclusively.
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