78 Me. 539 | Me. | 1886
By R. S., c. 83, § 3, trial jnstices "have original and exclusive jurisdiction of all civil actions, . . . when
the debt or damages demanded do not exceed twenty dollars,” except certain cases therein specified.
In this case the note declared on is for twelve dollars and interest. The ad damnum is for more than twenty dollars. It
In such case, it can not be judicially determined that the debt or damages which the plaintiff is entitled to recover, are less than the ad damnum, until judgment is rendered; and then, if it is for a sum less than twenty dollars, it does not affect the jurisdiction. Ladd v. Kimball, 12 Gray, 139.
Exceptions overruled.