Case Name: John Workman v. F. M. Neal
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1886-11-20
Citations: 21 Ill. App. 293
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Workman v. F. M. Neal.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 293–293

Head Matter:
John Workman v. F. M. Neal.
Injury to Personal Property — Jurisdiction of Justice.
A Justice of the Peace has jurisdiction of an action to recover damages for an injury to personal property.
[Opinion filed November 20, 1886.]
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. James A. Creighton, Judge, presiding.
Mr. N. M. Broadwell, for appellant.
Messrs. Patton & Hamilton, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This was a suit before a Justice of the Peace to recover damages for injury to personal property, and was dismissed by the Circuit Court upon appeal, on the ground that the justice had no j urisdiction of the snbj ect-matter. We think this was error, for reasons stated in the opinion filed in Skinner et ah v. Morgan, decided at this term. See also C. & A. R. R. Co. v. Calkins, 17 Ill. App. 56.
Reversed and remanded.