Sherburne v. Semmes
2 Cranch 446
U.S. Circuit Court for the Dis...1824Check Treatmenthaving doubts concerning their jurisdiction, requested the gentlemen of the bar, if so disposed, to argue the question, whether this Court can try a case, either with or without a jury, which has been tried by a jury before a justice of the peace; and for that purpose, continued until the next term, all the appeals in cases over the value of $20.