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$10, and in all other actions when such amount exceeds
$20, either party may demand a jury.
The jurisdiction extends to,
(a) all personal actions where the amount claimed
does not exceed $60;
(6) all claims of debt, breach of contract or money
demand where the balance claimed does not exceed $100;
(c) all claims of debt or money demand where the
balance claimed is under $200 and the original amount is
ascertained by signature of the defendant.
The jurisdiction does not however extend to actions for
gambling debts, liquor sold in a tavern, ejectment, toll, custom,
or franchise, title to land, malicious prosecution, libel, slander,
breach of promise, or against Justices of the Peace or relating
fo the validity of wills and settlements.
An appeal is allowed to the Court of Appeal where the Appeal.
amount, in dispute exceeds $100.
Jurisdie-
tion.
A County Court is held in every county and is presided County
over by a judge who acts as a Local Judge of the High Court
Court in all matters assigned to him by Statute or by the
Rules of Court.
The jurisdiction of the County Court extends to,
1. all personal actions where the debt or damage
claimed does not exceed $200.
2. all causes relating to debt, covenant, and contract
up to $400 where the amount is liquidated or ascertained by
the act of the parties or by the signature of the defendant.
3. proceedings on bail bonds given to the Sheriff
in any County Court whatever be the penalty.
4. recognizances of bail taken in County Courts to
any amount.
5. actions of replevin where the value of the goods
or property taken does not exceed $200.
6. interpleader matters.