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M'Fadin v. Gill, in Error
A JUDGMENT of a justice of the peace was certified, under the statute of 1823, to the Circuit Court; and, upon a scire facias, there was a judgment awarding execution against the real estate of the defendant: Held, that to such a judgment of the Circuit Court a writ of error lies. The general jurisdiction of justices of the peace, in debt and assumpsit, 'is now extended to 100 dollars. Stat. 1826, p. 30.