People ex rel. Stortz v. Circuit Judge

Michigan Supreme Court
People ex rel. Stortz v. Circuit Judge, 38 Mich. 243 (Mich. 1878)
1878 Mich. LEXIS 43

People ex rel. Stortz v. Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Breach of promise is sued for in assumpsit like any other agreement; and no statute has denied jurisdiction over such suits to justices of the peace, whose jurisdiction is exclusive in assumpsit to $100.

It was decided in Strong v. Daniels, 3 Mich., 466, that where the judgment is for an amount within the jurisdiction of a justice, and not reduced by set-off from a larger sum, or otherwise specially provided for in the statutes concerning costs, the defendant and not the plaintiff is entitled to costs. There is a clerical error in the recital of the statute in that case as reported.

The circuit judge was right in holding that on a judgment for $100, costs should go to defendant.

Reference

Full Case Name
The People ex rel. Dorothy Stortz v. The Circuit Judge for Ingham County
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published