8 Tenn. 565
Decided July 1, 1827
Tennessee Supreme Court · decided 1827-07-01
.A justice of tlie peace has no jurisdiction in a case where the note or settled account, with the interest thereon, amounts to more than one hundred dollars. c[Changed by statute, Code 4123.] Where the want of jurisdiction appears upon the face of the justice’s proceedings, the judgment is void; as, for example, where the judgment is for a sum within the justice’s juris* diction, but with interest for several years back, which, when added to the principal, makes the amount…
Decided 1827-07-01
¶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 the 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.