105 So. 764 | Miss. | 1925
On the trial these facts were developed, and the sole point presented for our consideration is whether the court erred in overruling the motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, the account showing on its face, as it stood in the circuit court, two hundred eight dollars and thirty-eight cents.
The test of the jurisdiction of the court of a justice of the peace is the demand as made in that court, and, as the claim in the justice court was for less than two hundred dollars, the justice court had jurisdiction, and it was not permissible for the plaintiff to add to this account sued on in the justice court other items accruing since the trial of the case in the justice court. It is true this item should have been stricken out in the circuit court, which does not appear to have been done. Nevertheless, the facts were before the court, and the court correctly ruled in refusing to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
The judgment in the circuit court was for one hundred ninety-one dollars and fifteen cents, which judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed. *615