Eddy v. Horton
Eddy v. Horton
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court.was delivered by
The only question in this case is one of jurisdiction. The statute, Comp. Stat. 220, § 14, gives to each county-court within the several counties original and exclusive jurisdiction of all original civil actions, except such as axe made cognizable by a justice of the peace; and the statute gives justices of the peace jurisdiction of all actions of a civil nature (with certain exceptions,) where the debt or other matter in demand does not exceed one hundred dollars, and the statute expressly declares that in actions on book, the debtor side of the plaintiff’s account shall be considered the matter in demand.
Judgment affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- James Eddy v. John Horton
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- Published
- Syllabus
- In an action of book account, if the debtor side of the plaintiff’s account is more than one hundred dollars, the county court has original and exclusive jurisdiction j and this jurisdiction is nob affected by the sum. that is ultimately found duo.