Guard v. Circle
This text of 16 Ind. 401 (Guard v. Circle) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana Supreme Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
Suit commenced before a justice of the peace, on an account. Damages claimed, $99. Answer, by way of set-off, claiming judgment for $100. The case went by appeal to the Circuit Court. Judgment for the plaintiff’, for a fraction over $80. No exceptions were taken in the cause. It is said the justice had not jurisdiction ; but jurisdiction, as to amount, in a given cause, is determined by the amount of damages claimed in the conclusion of the complaint. The Inhabitants, &c. v. Weir, 9 Ind. 224.
The judgment is affirmed, with 5 per cent, damages, and costs.
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