Citation Numbers: 1 Dall. 135, 1 U.S. 135
Filed Date: 9/15/1785
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 1/13/2023
—It appearing upon the face of the record, that the justice has exceeded his jurisdiction, by giving judgment, and issuing an execution, for a greater sum than ten pounds, we cannot but consider the whole as a nullity; and, for that reason alone, discharge the defendant.