Rutter v. Merchant
21 F. Cas. 101, 1 Cranch 36
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Bluebook
Rutter v. Merchant, 21 F. Cas. 101, 1 Cranch 36 (circtddc 1801).
Opinion
decided that this court has not jurisdiction, the amount demanded being under twenty dollars, upon the principle that it was the intention of the act concerning the District of Columbia that magistrates should have exclusive jurisdiction of ail personal demands under twenty dollars, although the words of the act do not give such jurisdiction exclusively.
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