When the amount of the claim does not exceed one hundred dollars the lien may be enforced by a petition to a magistrate. And such magistrate shall have like power and authority within his jurisdiction as herein conferred upon the court of common pleas, with like rights of appeal to the parties as exist in other civil cases.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 45-263; 1952 Code Section 45-263; 1942 Code Section 8739; 1932 Code Section 8739; Civ. C. '22 Section 5651; Civ. C. '12 Section 4121; Civ. C. '02 Section 3016; G. S. 2358; R. S. 2473; 1869 (14) 221.