...or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; and the said supreme and district courts,...as common -law jurisdiction. Each district court, or the judge thereof, shall appoint. its clerk, who shall also be the register in chancery, and shall...

...legislature. Justices of the peace are not given jurisdiction of any matter in controversy when the title of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed exceeds one hundred dollars. The district courts have the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the...

...the justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter of controversy, when the title or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or where the...keep his office at the place where the court may be hold, and the said clerks shall also be the registers in chancery; and any vacancy in said office of...

...elsewhere within the United States." 18 Stat. at L., 91. Section 9 of the organic Act declares: "That the said Supreme and District Courts, respectively,...possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction." 18 Stat at L., 89. The laws of the US. in conferring jurisdiction on the Federal Courts, make a distinction...

...of the probate courts and justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law: provided, that » * * the said supreme and district courts, respectively,...possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction." Section 1851 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides: "The legislative power of every...

...that of the probate courts and of the Justices of the peace, shall be as limited by law. * » * And said supreme and district courts, respectively, shall...possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction." It will thus be seen that the fundamental law of this territory vests chancery power exclusively In...

...of the peace have no jurisdiction of any matter in controversy when the title or boundaries of Jand may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed exceeds 8100. Id. p. 72, §1926, and pp. 49, 50, § 10. Section 10 of the above act provides that the jurisdiction...

...title or boundary of lands may be in dispute,or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars, and the said Supreme and district courts,...possess chancery as well as common law jurisdiction." Provision is made in the same section for appeals and writs of error from the district courts to the...

...the legislature to pass. The organic act of the territory (9 St. at Large, 453, § 9) provides that "the said supreme and district courts, respectively, shall possess chancery as well as common-law jurisdiction," and the supreme court of the United States says that this language "includes...

...the justices of the peace shall not have jurisdiction of any matter in controversy when th« title or boundaries of land may be in dispute, or where the debt or sum claimed shall exceed one hundred dollars ; and the said supreme and district courts, respectively, shall possess...