Source: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Date: 1801-07-01
Jurisdiction: United States
Citation: 21 F. Cas. 101 · 1 Cranch, C. C. 36
Opinion
THE COURT decided that this court has not jurisdiction, the amount demanded being under twenty dollars, upon the principle that it was the intention of the act concerning the District of Columbia that magistrates should have exclusive jurisdiction of ail personal demands under twenty dollars, although the words of the act do not give such jurisdiction exclusively. CRANCH, Circuit Judge, contra.