| Iowa | Oct 13, 1887
Tbe question in this case comes to us upon a certificate, which is in these words: “In a case brought by a resident within the corporate limits of the incorporated town of Sigourney, before the mayor of such corporation, against a resident of the county, but not of the corporation nor of the township in which it is situated, by notice served upon the defendant in the township of his residence, but not served within the limits of such corporation or the township where situated, upon a demand for work and labor for less than one hundred dollars, where defendant makes default, has the mayor jurisdiction?” In reply to this question, we have to say that we think that the mayor has jurisdiction in such case. It is not denied that a justice of the peace would have jurisdiction. The jurisdiction of a mayor is conferred by section 506 of the Code, and is in these words: “The majrnr of each city or incorporated town shall be a magistrate and conservator of the peace, and within the same, have the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in all matters, civil and criminal; * * * but the criminal jurisdiction hereby conferred shall be co-extensive with the county in which such city or town is situated.”
The plaintiff’s position is that the first part of the section is designed to provide that the mayor shall have the same jurisdiction as a justice of the peace, so far as the kind of proceedings and the amount are concerned, and was not designed to extend his civil jurisdiction to persons beyond his city or incorporated town, and that this appears from the i.ast clause, which expressly makes the mayor’s criminal
AFFIRMED.