Richard Boaz v. E. S. Graham, 1 White & W. 63

Opinion by Winkler, J. § 159. Jurisdiction; forcible entry and detainer. In a suit of forcible entry and detainer, where the justice rendered judgment for more than $200 damages, his judgment was void for the excess over that sum, and that sum having been paid by the defendant, an execution for the excess of the iudgment was perpetually enjoined. Eeverséd and rendered.