Case Name: John F. Breeding d. b. a. vs. Charles M. Adams Adm'r. p. b. r.
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1896-04
Citations: 2 Marv. 378
Docket Number: 
Parties: John F. Breeding d. b. a. vs. Charles M. Adams Adm’r. p. b. r.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 378–378

Head Matter:
John F. Breeding d. b. a. vs. Charles M. Adams Adm’r. p. b. r.
Sussex County,
April Term, 1896.
Justice of the Peace. Jurisdiction. Appearance.—On a complaint for trespass, before a Justice of the Peace,'an affidavit is required to give jurisdiction and the defect is not cured by an appearanec.
This was a certiorari. The defendant, Charles M. Adams, adm’r., made complaint against John F. Breeding, before a Justice of the Peace, for trespass, and judgment was rendered against the defendant. The record showed that no affidavit was filed, as required by the statute and that the defendant appeared.
Moore and Cahall, for the appellant,
filed an exception to the record, contending that it was erroneous, in that it failed to show an affidavit filed.
Richards and Boyce, for the defendant,
contended that the appearance cured this defect.

Opinion:
The Court ruled'that appearance could not give jurisdiction and the judgment below was reversed.