Case ID: ind_16/html/0401-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      Per Ouriam.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Guard v. Circle.
    
      Thursday, June 13.
    
    In an action before a justice of the peace, the jurisdiction, as to the amount involved, is determined by the amount of damages claimed in the conclusion of the complaint.
    APPEAL from the Gass Circuit Court.
   Per Ouriam.

Suit commenced before a justice of the peace, on an account. Damages claimed, $99. Answer, by way of set-off, claiming judgment for $100. The case went by appeal to the Circuit Court. Judgment for the plaintiff’, for a fraction over $80. No exceptions were taken in the cause. It is said the justice had not jurisdiction ; but jurisdiction, as to amount, in a given cause, is determined by the amount of damages claimed in the conclusion of the complaint. The Inhabitants, &c. v. Weir, 9 Ind. 224.

L. Chamberlain and J. Guthrie, for the appellant.

The judgment is affirmed, with 5 per cent, damages, and costs.