The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction in all actions when the principal of the amount in controversy exceeds two hundred dollars, and of all other actions and causes, matters and things arising under the constitution and laws of this state which are not exclusively cognizable in some other court, and such appellate jurisdiction as prescribed by law. Such court shall have power to hear and determine all prosecutions in the name of the state for treason, felonies, crimes, and misdemeanors, except such as may be exclusively cognizable before some other court; and said court shall have all the powers belonging to a court of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, and may do and perform all other acts properly pertaining to a circuit court of law.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 6 (5); 1857, ch. 61, art. 29; 1871, § 519; 1880, § 1493; 1892, § 645; 1906, § 702; Hemingway's 1917, § 481; 1930, § 490; 1942, § 1428.
Notes of Decisions
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1 in the last 5 years), 1976–2021 · leading case:
Jefferson v. State, 556 So. 2d 1016 (Miss. 1989).
Jefferson v. State, 556 So. 2d 1016 (Miss. 1989).
“*1021 Miss. Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (1972). The Circuit Court for the Second Judicial District of Bolivar County is no exception.”
Spann v. State, 771 So. 2d 883 (Miss. 2000).
“See also Miss.Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (giving circuit court original jurisdiction over "felonies, crimes, and misdemeanors, except such as may be exclusively cognizable before some other court").”
Dye v. State Ex Rel. Hale, 507 So. 2d 332 (Miss. 1987).
“Considering the nature of the primary claim, we find no exclusive vesting in any other court of jurisdiction to hear and decide claims that an officer of one department of government is exercising power constitutionally vested in another department.”
Beene v. State, 910 So. 2d 1152 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005).
· cites it 2× “In the absence of any substantive argument, it is not apparent to this Court how Beene's prosecution and sentence in the circuit court for the felony criminal charges violated Miss.Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (Rev.2002). [1] This Court will not review any issues where the party has…”
Arant v. Hubbard, 824 So. 2d 611 (Miss. 2002).
· cites it 3× “” Miss.Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (1991). However, the Constitution was amended in 1975 to reflect a new jurisdictional limit for the justice courts, that being “causes in which the principal amount in controversy is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.”
Tillotson v. Anders, 551 So. 2d 212 (Miss. 1989).
“See also Miss. Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (1972). Indeed, our circuit courts have long had subject matter jurisdiction over actions for libel or other forms of defamation.”
Jackson Cnty. Sch. Bd. v. Osborn, 605 So. 2d 731 (Miss. 1992).
“DID THE CIRCUIT COURT ERR IN NOT DISMISSING THE PRIVATE MANDAMUS ACTION FILED BY OSBORN FOR WANT OF STANDING AND LACK OF JURISDICTION? By the authority of Miss. Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (1972), § 11-41-1 (1972 and Supp.”
Alexander v. Taylor, 928 So. 2d 992 (Miss. Ct. App. 2006).
“Miss.Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (Rev.2002). Since circuit courts have general jurisdiction, presenting equity claims in a circuit court is a better judicial fit than presenting legal claims in a chancery court.”
Bd. of Trs. v. Brewer, 732 So. 2d 934 (Miss. 1999).
“6, § 156 (1890) ("The circuit court shall have original jurisdiction *937 in all matters civil and criminal in this state not vested by this Constitution in some other court, and such appellate jurisdiction as shall be prescribed by law.”
Little v. Collier, 759 So. 2d 454 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000).
“Miss.Code Ann. § 9-7-81 (Supp.1999). ¶ 12.”
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