8 Tenn. 240
Decided July 15, 1827
Tennessee Supreme Court · decided 1827-07-15
Morrow moved the county court of Knox county, for judgment against Calloway, (the sheriff of said county,) for money collected by him, on two venditioni exponas, or orders of sale, directed to said sheriff by the county court of Knox, and founded upon two executions, issued on judgments rendered by a justice of the peace, on the 16th day of October, 1824, against one Bartholomew, one for one hundred dollars, with interest thereon from the 24th day of February, 1816; and the…
Decided 1827-07-15
¶1The judgment of the circuit court must be affirmed; a justice of .the peace has jurisdiction upon any bond, bill single, promissory note, or account stated and the balance ascertained to be due under the hand of th.e party, in all cases where the amount does not exceed one hundred dollars — here the judgment, for the principal and interest, considerably exceeded that sum.
¶2Judgment affirmed.