¶1decided 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.
1 D.C. 36
Rutter v. Merchant
District of Columbia District Court
Decided July 15, 1801
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1801-07-15
<p>This Court has not jurisdiction of an attachment for a sum less than twenty dollars.</p>
Decided 1801-07-15