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8 Serg. & Rawle 343

Eason v. Smith

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 10, 1822

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1822-06-10

.In ERROR. WRIT of error to Lycoming county. _ . Campbell, for the plaintiff in error, stated the question to be, whether an action would lie before a justice of the peace, for the balance due on a judgment in the Court of Common T>, , - , Fleas; and referred to the Act of 20th March, 1810, sec. 14, Purd. Di?. 339.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently July 1838

2 state decisions

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Decided 1822-06-10

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By the Court.

¶1The only question in this case is, whether an action lies before a justice of the peace, to receive the balance (under one hundred dollars) due on a judgment in the Court of Common Pleas. The jurisdiction of justices of the peace, is founded altogether on Acts of Assembly. No Act has been produced giving jurisdiction in a case of this kind. Consequently, the justice before whom this suit *344was commenced, had no jurisdiction, and the judgment given (,y t{je Court of Common Pleas, for the defendant below, should be affirmed.

¶2Judgment affirmed.

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