Michigan Supreme Court, 1886

Chilson v. Circuit Judge

Chilson v. Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided February 16, 1886
1 McGrath 620; 60 McGrath 235

Chilson v. Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court

To compel respondent to order a trial upon a plea to the jurisdiction of the justice, from whose judgment relator had appealed, the plea being that the value of property replevined was $200, and therefore the justice had no jurisdiction.

Denied February 16, 1886.

Held, that the jurisdiction of a justice, in replevin, attaches according to the claim in the affidavit, and having attached continues to judgment at least up to five hundred dollars, and that a plea in abatement is not necessary to destroy the jurisdiction of a justice depending upon the amount in controversy, if shown on the trial to be excessive.

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