When the amount found due to either party exceeds the sum for which the justice is authorized to enter judgment, such party may remit the excess and judgment may be entered for the residue.

History: En. Sec. 610, p. 163, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 716, p. 180, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 776, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 796, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 1626, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7052, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9685, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Pro. Sec. 894; re-en. Sec. 9685, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-7307.