Case Name: Sherburne v. Semmes and Wife
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1824-04
Citations: 2 Cranch 446
Docket Number: 
Parties: Sherburne v. Semmes and Wife.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 2
Pages: 446–446

Head Matter:
Sherburne v. Semmes and Wife.
Qucere, whether this Court has jurisdiction of an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace upon the verdict of a jury. N
This was an appeal from the judgment of a justice of the peace, who tried the cause by a jury, under the late Act of Congress for enlarging the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in the District of Columbia, March 1, 1823. [3 Stat. at Large, 743.]

Opinion:
The Court,
having doubts concerning their jurisdiction, requested the gentlemen of the bar, if so disposed, to argue the question, whether this Court can try a case, either with or without a jury, which has been tried by a jury before a justice of the peace; and for that purpose, continued until the next term, all the appeals in cases over the value of $20.