Case Name: PORTER v. RAPINE
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1812-06
Citations: 19 F. Cas. 1072
Docket Number: 
Parties: PORTER v. RAPINE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 19
Pages: 1072–1072

Head Matter:
Case No. 11,288.
PORTER v. RAPINE.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 47.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
June Term, 1812.
■Justice of the Peace—Jurisdiction — Amount.
A creditor may give a credit upon his account so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace.
Appeal from a justice of the peace. Rapine liad a demand on Porter for $20.85. He gave credit for $0.85 and warranted Porter for $20, and obtained judgment for $20 and costs. Porter appealed and contended that Rapine had no right to release part of the debt so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace. It did not appear that he objected to the credit before the justice.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent) affirmed the judgment.