Superior Court of Delaware, 1903

Lewis v. White

Superior Court of Delaware · Decided March 6, 1903 · Lobe

20 Del. 288; 4 Penne. 288; 55 A. 830; 1903 Del. LEXIS 21

Counsel

PAburne Chandler for plaintiff in error., Charles B. Phans for defendant in error.

Opinion of the Court

Lobe, C. J.:

—The jurisdiction of the Justice in New Castle County must affirmatively appear. The record, on the contrary, shows that he had no jurisdiction; such jurisdiction being confined, by Act of June 8, 1881 (Code, 733-4), to the Hundred in which the defendant resides or to the adjoining Hundred, or the Hundred in which the plaintiff has been a bona fide resident for sixty days before suit.

Judgment below reversed.

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