Leigh Mae Friedline & a. v. Eugene Roe

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• concluding that the circuit court erred in ruling on the merits of plaintiff’s claim of title because the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to do so
• holding that when a tenant files a plea of title in the circuit court, the circuit court must give the tenant an opportunity to file her plea of title in superior court and pay any recognizance ordered by the circuit court
• noting that, although district division has power to entertain eviction actions, it lacks authority to decide actions in equity
• observing that the district division of the circuit court “does not have jurisdiction to resolve . . . actions in equity”
• conferring upon circuit courts powers and duties of former district courts
• defendant raised plea of title by claiming life estate in property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).