Quayle v. Glenn

Citations

• 6 Idaho 549
• 57 P. 308
• 1899 Ida. LEXIS 28

Syllabus

<p>JURISDICTION' op Justices’ Courts.- — Under the provisions of section 3851 of the Revised Statutes, justices’ courts, in actions arising on contract for the recovery of money, only have jurisdiction where the sum claimed does not exceed the sum of $300. The sum claimed, including damages or principal and interest thereon, cannot exceed the sum of $300. Section 22, article 5, of the constitution of Idaho fixes the maximum heyond which the legislature cannot go in fixing such jurisdiction as to value of property claimed or amount in controversy.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>