Parks v. Granger

Citations

• 96 Miss. 503
• 51 So. 716

Syllabus

<p>Justices or the Peace. Jurisdiction. Constitution 1890, sec. 171. Amount in controversy. Promissory note. Attorney’s fees in case of suit upon.</p> <p>The jurisdiction of a justice of the peace is limited (Constitution 1890, sec. 171) to causes in which the principal amount in controversy does not exceed two hundred dollars, and he has no jurisdiction of a suit upon a promissory note for a principal sum and an attorney’s fee in case of suit, where the aggregate of the two exceeds said sum.</p>