Rutter v. Merchant

1 D.C. 36
CourtDistrict Court, District of Columbia
DecidedJuly 15, 1801
StatusPublished

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Bluebook
Rutter v. Merchant, 1 D.C. 36 (D.D.C. 1801).

Opinion

The Court

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 all personal demands under twenty dollars, although the words of the act do not give such jurisdiction exclusively.

Cranch, J., contra.

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