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        "text": "McCulloch, C. J.\nAppellee instituted this action against appellant before a justice of the peace of Lafayette County for damages to personal property in the sum of $135, for which amount recovery was prayed. There was a judgment against appellant, rendered by the justice of the peace, from which an appeal was prosecuted to the circuit court, and, on trial anew in .the circuit court, appellee again recovered judgment for damages.\nThe jurisdiction of a court is determined by the amount sought to be recovered, and not merely by the amount recovered, and the 'Constitution of this State (art. 7, \u00a7 40) restricts the jurisdiction of justices of the peace \u201cin all matters of damages to personal property\u201d to cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars. It is evident therefore that the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction of the cause of action involved in this case, and the circuit court acquired none on appeal, Little Rock, M. R. & T. Ry. v. Manees, 44 Ark. 100.\nThe judgment is therefore reversed, and, the trial court being without jurisdiction, judgment will-be entered here dismissing the cause. It is so ordered.",
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      "J. R. Turner, Gaughan & Sifford and D. L. King. for appellant. \u2022."
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    "head_matter": "St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company v. O\u2019Neal\nOpinion delivered March 17, 1924.\nJustices of the peace \u2014 jurisdictional amount. \u2014 Under Const., art. 7, \u00a7 49, limiting the jurisdiction of justices of the peace in matters of damage to personal property to cases where the amount in controversy does not exceed $100, the justice of the peace had no jurisdiction of a claim for $135, and the circuit court acquired none on appeal.\nAppeal from Lafayette Circuit Court; James H. McCollum, Judge;\nreversed.\nJ. R. Turner, Gaughan & Sifford and D. L. King. for appellant. \u2022.\nThe justice of the peace had no jurisdiction, and the circuit court acquired none on appeal. Article 7, \u00a7 40, Constitution of 1874; 7 Ark. 258; 10 Ark. 326;-4 Dillon 239; 1 Wallace, v. 337; 10 Watts 299; 13 Ark. 40; 6 Ark. 371; 6 Ark. 41; 6 Ark. 182; 9 Ark. 463; 45 Ark. 346; 44 Ark. 100."
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