Eason v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Eason v. Smith

8 Serg. & Rawle 343

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedJune 10, 1822

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Eason v. Smith, 8 Serg. & Rawle 343 (Pa. 1822).

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Opinion

By the Court.

The only question in this case is, whether an action lies before a justice of the peace, to receive the balance (under one hundred dollars) due on a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace, is founded altogether on Acts of Assembly. No Act has been produced giving jurisdiction in a case of this kind. Consequently, the justice before whom this suit [344]*344was commenced, had no jurisdiction, and the judgment given (,y t{je Court of Common Pleas, for the defendant below, should be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

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By the Court.

The only question in this case is, whether an action lies before a justice of the peace, to receive the balance (under one hundred dollars) due on a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace, is founded altogether on Acts of Assembly. No Act has been produced giving jurisdiction in a case of this kind. Consequently, the justice before whom this suit [344]*344was commenced, had no jurisdiction, and the judgment given (,y t{je Court of Common Pleas, for the defendant below, should be affirmed.

Judgment affirmed.

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8 Serg. & Rawle 343, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/eason-v-smith-pa-1822.

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