4 Serg. & Rawle 269
Decided June 3, 1818
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1818-06-03
In Error. WRIT of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Co- . 7 ■ lumbia county. This suit was originally brought before a justice of the peace of Northumberland county. From the entries in his docket it appeared, that on the 9th February, 1801, a summons issued against the defendant, the plaintiff in error, f°r a debt under five pounds, and that on the return of the process the parties appeared, when the justice gave judgment for the plaintiff for 1/. 4s. 4>d..
Decided 1818-06-03
¶1This was a proceeding before the act of 20th March, 1810, which requires the cause of action, (whe*ther bond, account, &c.) to be entered on the justice’s docket, and therefore not subject to the provisions of that act. Enough appears on this record to shew, that it was within the justice’s jurisdiction, viz. a debt under Jive pounds. This we think is sufficient, and therefore the judgment should be affirmed.
¶2Judgment affirmed.