CONWAY CiReUff CoURr,

Sept. Term, 1885.
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 l.. B. M'Aee These were cases of an.

 US peal from Justice If 'l 5. Murphy. ) Peace. Murphy, who ra

 and sides in Cadron Towpsb;. J. B. Hester ] Conway County, was saa1

 os for debt before Simmnn'a B. Murphy. J Justice of the peaee x

 " iiborh Township, in Sa same Coaaty there being nc .y,lsi;;cal 4s 7, the Peace in Cadron Township. MolioO by Linton, Tn behalf of Murphy, to osash Ji the proceedings before the Justice Na ton sustained-and decided by the conS that, although there $ no Justice ot gi'' ,I, Peace in the Township where defepdae, " sides, suit cannot be brought before 4 Tn. tice of the adjoining township. Bill of captions and taken up to the Superior Conn Pinckard & Arnold Action of Lucy 4, Buckley, ad'x. deb, contrac,.a

 and by Bnelioa Bennett B. Ball, ad'r of his lifetime ,n5 % N. Il. Buckley, decd. Ball, then par,

 ners. Offsets were pleaded, which Ball offered to nrovs Ills evidence was objected to by Fowlo who argued that Ball was interested. ia,s' i9 much as he was liable to fhe estate for half the debt which should be proven. Er eon tro, il was alleged that the law auhorisesa, q, administrator 10 give evidence as 10 mai ters occurring before his administratorshn Decided, that lhe evidence was not adms. sible.

 James Henry This was m action or

 gs debt Two counts in ls R. J. Blount. ) decIaration-one on 6c.

 titious bond for arge amount, averred to be lost-and the olbr on an existing one for $66. Motion, by Fowler, for Blount, 10 dismiss, for wantd jurisdiction, on the ground that the sun pro. ven, was by the statute within the iurfsde ton of Justices of the Peace. Motion sustained. Decided by the Court that sc tions sounding in damages differ front those l where the sum due IS certain. The Coa said-that where man claims damages the sum laid in the declaration determne he jurisdiction; but where it is On a specja. iy, or for sum certain, the sum found loh { due decides the jurisdiction. If you ovs me ninety nine dollars, cannot declare on lhat in The Circuit Court. adding eouua lost bond for hundred. If could the same could be done with a debt of five do. dissertations would be enabled to opprea their debtors, by suing for trivial sums the Circuit Court-Justlces would have jurisdiction, and the law would be absolute Iy annaIIed. The suit must be abated.

 Authorities quoted in the latter decision a decision in the Superior Court of & Territory, and Frazer vs. Shitle, MssOm Reports, page 575,-both agreeing win this decision.

 We publish the foregoing decisions, ,andiP tend to continue the plan, because they aa on points which the people ought to know Fhe papers in winch they are publisha should be preserved.