Case No. 11,288.

PORTER v. RAPINE.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 47.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

June Term, 1812.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—JURISDICTION—AMOUNT.

A creditor may give a credit upon his account so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace.

Appeal from a justice of the peace. Rapine had a demand on Porter for $26.85. He gave credit for $6.85 and warranted Porter for $20, and obtained judgment for $20 and costs. Porter appealed and contended that Rapine had no right to release part of the debt so as to give jurisdiction to a justice of the peace. It did not appear that he objected to the credit before the justice.

THE COURT (FITZHUGH, Circuit Judge, absent) affirmed the judgment.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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