¶1was of opinion that, although the verdict of the jury was conclusive as to the facts of the case, yet this Court had a right to look into the facts upon a question of jurisdiction; and having done so, and being of opinion that the real ground of action, before the justice of the peace, was a tort, they reversed the judgment, with costs.
2 D.C. 677
Cross v. Blanford
Decided May 15, 1826
This was an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace in a cause tried before him by a jury, under the act of March 1st, 1823, [3 Stat. at Large, 743,] extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, &e. The suit was brought upon an account for damages sustained by Blanford, the plaintiff below, by reason of false imprisonment, at the instance of the defendant Cross. There was a trial by jury, before the justice.
Decided 1826-05-15