Freeman v. Powers

Citations

• 7 Cal. 104

Syllabus

<p>The jurisdiction of justices of the peace is limited by the Constitution to cases in which the value of the thing in controversy does not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars, except in proceedings under the statute concerning forcible entry and unlawful detainer.</p> <p>The fact that the thing in dispute, a mining-claim, is worth more than two hundred dollars, ousts the justice of his jurisdiction.</p>