Geyger v. Stoy

by Supreme Court of the United States

SUPREME COURT of Pennʃylvania:

September Term, 1785.

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GEYGER verʃus STOY.

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HE defendant was brought before the Court on a Hab. Corp. and the return ftated, that he was committed in execution by the warrant of a Juʃtice oƒ the peace for a debt of Ł10,6,3.

Sergeant moved that he fhould be difcharged, on this principle, that although the errors of a Juftice, while he keeps within his jurifdiction, are binding, ’till his judgment is reverfed ; yet where he exceeds his jurifdiction, all his acts are, in themfelves, merely null and void.

by the court— It appearing upon the face of the record, that the juftice has exceeded his jurifdiction,, by giving judgment, and iffuing an execution, for a greater fum than ten pounds, we cannot but confider the whole as a nullity ; and, for the reafon alone, difcharge the defendant.