36 P. 33 | Ariz. | 1894
This was an action instituted before a justice of the peace by appellee against appellants, to recover a balance on an account of $68.80. Judgment was rendered thereon in favor of appellee for said sum of $68.80, and for the costs of the suit, amounting to and taxed at $24.40; making a total of $93.20. From said judgment appellants appealed the case to the district court of Pima County, and on a trial anew therein a jury returned a verdict for $68.80, and a judgment was duly entered thereon in favor of appellee for $68.80, and for costs, and the coste, were taxed at $61.30. The appellee asks that the appeal be dismissed, for the reason that this court has no jurisdiction of Hie ease. Paragraph 1452 of the Revised Statutes of 1887 is as follows: “1452 (Sec. 60). Any party to a final judgment in the justice’s court may appeal therefrom to the district court, where such judgment, or the amount in controversy, shall exceed twenty dollars, exclusive of costs, and in such other cases as may be expressly provided by law.” The district court had no original jurisdiction of this case, for the reason that the amount was less that one hundred dollars. The only way, therefore, that this case could be heard in the district court was through an appeal from the justice’s court. Paragraph 602 (sec. 3) and paragraph 603 (sec. 4) of the Revised Statutes define the jurisdiction of the district courts, and are as follows: Paragraph 602 (see. 3): “Their original jurisdiction shall extend to all civil cases where the amount exceeds one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest.” Paragraph 603 (sec. 4): “The appellate jurisdiction of these courts shall extend to hearing upon appeal: ... 1. All actions from courts of justices of the peace which shall be returned therein agreeably to law.” It is also provided that coses brought up to said district courts by appeal, etc., shall be tried de novo. Rev.
Baker, C. J., and Hawkins, J., concur.