Christian v. Superior Court of San Diego County

Citations

• 122 Cal. 117
• 54 P. 518
• 1898 Cal. LEXIS 544

Syllabus

<p>Jurisdiction of Superior Court—Construction of Constitution —Exclusion of Compound Interest.—Section 6 of article IT of the constitution, limiting the jurisdiction of the superior court to “cases in which the demand, exclusive of interest, amounts to three hundred dollars,” excludes all compound, as well as simple interest, from the demand.</p> <p>3d.—Interest Made Part of Principal—Judgment—Whit of Review.—A stipulation in a note, the original principal of which is less than three hundred dollars, that unpaid interest is “to become part of the principal and to bear like interest until paid,” will not permit the addition of unpaid interest to the principal to confer jurisdiction upon the superior court; and a judgment rendered therein upon such note is void, and will be annulled upon writ of review.</p>