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  "name": "Sykes v. Laferry",
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      "Sykes v. Laferry."
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      {
        "text": "Compton, J.\nThis was a suit commenced by the plaintiff in error \u2014 who was also plaintiff below \u2014 before a justice of the peace, on a promissory note for the sum of thirty dollars. The note was filed with the justice,' and a summons was issued and served oik the defendant, who appeared; the cause was tried on its merits, and judgment rendered against the defendant, who appealed to the circuit court, where \u2014 the record states \u2014 the \u201c cause was, upon motion of the defendant, dismissed for want of jurisdiction, and the proceedings before the justice of the peace quashed,\u201d &e.\nThe ground of the motion to dismiss, as stated in argument, was, that the defendant resided in a township other than that in which he was sued. It does not so appear in the- record; but if it did, it could make no difference, because there was, undoubtedly, jurisdiction of the subject-matter; and after the defendant had appeared before the justice of the peace, had the benefit of the trial on the .merits, and had prosecuted an appeal to the circuit court, he could not then be heard to say there was no jurisdiction of his person. McKee v. Murphy, 1 Ark., 55; Smith v. Stinnett, id., 497. The motion to dismiss ought to have been overruled, and the case should have been tried on its merits.\nJudgment reversed and cause remanded.",
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        "author": "Compton, J."
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    "head_matter": "Sykes v. Laferry.\nWhere a justice of the peace lias jurisdiction of the subject-matter of a suit, and the defendant appears, has the benefit of a trial on the merits, and prosecutes an appeal, he could not be heard to say there was no jurisdiction of his person.\nJError to Johnson Circuit Court.\nHon. Thomas Boles, Circuit Judge.\nCravens, for plaintiff.\nThe defendant made himself a party to the cause by appearing and contesting the case and appealing; and will not now be heard to say that the court had no jurisdiction of his person. 1 Ark., 55; Ark., 70; Ark., 286."
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