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

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.

Cranch, J., contra.

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