Case Name: English versus Sprague
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1850
Citations: 32 Me. 243
Docket Number: 
Parties: English versus Sprague.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 243–243

Head Matter:
English versus Sprague.
An action, originating in a justice’s court, cannot be brought to this court, by appeal from a judgment of the District Court, on a demurrer in law, or upon an agreed statement of facts.
The remedy is by exceptions.
Assumpsit commenced before a justice of the peace, and brought to this court by an appeal from a judgment, rendered by the District Court upon an agreed statement of facts.

Opinion:
Shepley, C. J.
The case is irregularly here. It should have come up by exceptions. In a suit originating in a justice's court, where the question is upon a demurrer in law, or upon facts agreed, the statute gives no appeal to this court.
Consent of the parties cannot confer jurisdiction.
Action dismissed.