¶1The question arising from the record, is, had the plaintiff a right to relinquish all his debt except fifty dollars, so as to bring the case within the jurisdiction of the magistrate? This question has been settled in the affirmative by a former adjudication of this Court. The judgment must therefore be reversed, and the proper judgment rendered here. In this opinion the Court are unanimous.
2 Stew. 487
King v. Dougherty
Decided January 15, 1830
Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1830-01-15
E. King held a note made by J. Dougherty, payable to him for @51 64, due on the 4th of February, 1837. On 4he 14th of March, 1837, King indorsed on the note the following words: “ I relinquish all the within note that is over fifty dollars, E. King,” and on the same day sued out a warrant before a justice of the peace of Shelby county, against Dougherty, returnable on the 34th of March, to recover on the note.
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Decided 1830-01-15
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