Case Name: WILLIAM FORD, Appellant, v. NAPOLEON B. SMITH, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1855
Citations: 5 Cal. 331
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIAM FORD, Appellant, v. NAPOLEON B. SMITH, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 331–331

Head Matter:
WILLIAM FORD, Appellant, v. NAPOLEON B. SMITH, Respondent.
Where a judgment of a Justice of the Peace is for an amount exceeding his jurisdiction, the County Court on appeal should dismiss the whole case.
Appeal from the County Court of Contra Costa County.
Mills and Allen, for Appellant.
M. J Chase, for Respondent.

Opinion:
Heydenfeldt, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.
Murray, C. J., and Bryan, J., concurred.
The judgment rendered by the Justice of the Peace is for $209 IT, with interest at three per cent, per month. This is beyond the jurisdiction of the Justice as we have determined at this term in the case of Zander v. Coe. The judgment was therefore properly reversed by the County Court, but it should have dismissed the case.
The reversal of the County Court is affirmed, and the cause dismissed from the consideration of the Justice.