7 Houst. 327 12 Del. 327

Washington Baldwin v. James Coyle.

Foreign Judgment—Jurisdiction of Justice of the Peace.

A suit upon a foreign judgment is not within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in this State.

(New Castle,

December 6, 1885.)

Appeal from Bertolette, Justice of the Peace for New Castle County.

The suit before him was on a judgment recovered by the plaintiff against the defendant in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, in the State of Pennsylvania, for the sum of forty-three dollars and seventy-three cents and costs, with interest, etc.

Richardson, for the defendant,

now submitted a motion to the court to dismiss the appeal because an action on a foreign judgment or on a judgment recovered in another State, even for a sum less than one hundred dollars, is not within the jurisdiction of a Justice of the Peace in this State.

The Court

so held, and dismissed the appeal.

Baldwin v. Coyle
7 Houst. 327 12 Del. 327

Case Details

Name
Baldwin v. Coyle
Decision Date
Dec 6, 1885
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7 Houst. 327

12 Del. 327

Jurisdiction
Delaware

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