Court Opinion

ID: 6585251
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-20 19:42:26.583373+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:57:26.623777
License: Public Domain

Start, J.
The only question presented for consideration is whether the city court for the city of Burlington has jurisdiction to try and determine actions for false imprisonment. The defendants contend that justices of the peace have no jurisdiction of such actions, and that, in this respect, the jurisdiction of the city court is controlled by the statute relating to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace. The city charter (Acts 1896, No'. 148, §232) gives the city court the powers that are by law conferred upon justices of the peace; but this provision does not restrict the powers given in common-law actions to the city court by section 260 of the charter, which provides that the city court shall have jurisdiction, within certain geographical limits, of all actions of a civil nature, including replevin and trespass on the freehold, where the debt, dam*17age, or value of the goods and chattels replevied or other matter in demand, does not exceed $500. The action being a civil, common-law action, it is within the provisions of this section, and the city court has jurisdiction.
Judgment affirmed, and cause remanded.