Chap. 459.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 5890 of the Code of Vir-
ginia, in relation to the jurisdiction of circuit courts. [H B 324]

Approved March 26, 1928

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
fifty-eight hundred and ninety of the Code of Virginia, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 5890. Jurisdiction of circuit courts—The circuit courts
shall have jurisdiction of proceedings by quo warranto, or informa-
tion in the nature of quo warranto, and to issue writs of mandamus,
prohibition and certiorari to all inferior tribunals created or existing
under the laws of this State, and to issue writs of mandamus in all
matters of proceedings arising from or pertaining to the action of the
board of supervisors of the several counties for which said courts are
respectively held, or in other cases in which it may be necessary to
prevent the failure of justice, and in which mandamus may issue ac-
cording to the principles of. common law. They shall have jurisdic-
tion of all cases, both civil and criminal, which were existing or pend-
ing in the respective county courts for the counties on the thirty-first
day of January. nineteen hundred and four, and shall have appellate
jurisdiction in all cases, civil and criminal, where an appeal may, as
provided by law, be taken from the judgment or proceedings of any
inferior tribunal.

They shall have original and general jurisdiction of all cases in
chancery and civil cases at law, except cases at law to recover personal
property, or money, not of greater value than twenty dollars, exclusive
of interest, and except such cases as are assigned to some other tri-
bunal; and also in all cases for the recovery of fees, in excess of twenty
dollars, penalties, or any cases involving the right to levy and collect
tolls or taxes, or involving the validity of an ordinance or by-law ot
any corporation; and also, of all cases, civil or criminal, where an
appeal may be had to the supreme court of appeals. They shall also
have original jurisdiction of all indictments for felonies, and of pre-
sentments, informations and indictments for misdemeanors.

They shall have appellate jurisdiction of all cases, civil and criminal,
where an appeal, writ of error or supersedeas may, as provided by law,
be taken to or allowed by the said courts, or the judges thereof, from
or to the judgment or proceedings of any inferior tribunal. They
shall also have jurisdiction of all other matters, civil and criminal,
made cognizable therein by law, and where a motion to recover money
is allowed in said tribunals other than under section six thousand and
forty-six, they may hear and determine the same, although it be to
recover less than twenty dollars; but no circuit court shall have any
original or appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases arising within the
territorial limits of any city wherein there is established by law a
corporation or hustings court; provided, however, that all courts hav-
ing criminal jurisdiction shall have jurisdiction to try all criminal
cases committed before said court.