Jurisdiction of district court

(1) The court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine, (a) all personal actions for the recovery of any debt, demand or damages where the amount claimed, whether on balance of account or otherwise, does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars; (b) all actions for the recovery of any chattel or thing, where the value of the chattel or thing does not exceed fifteen thousand dollars, and such actions may be commenced in the court and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) The court shall not have cognisance of any action in which any incorporeal right, or the title to any real property, is or may be in question, or in which the validity of any devise, bequest or limitation under any will or settlement is or may be disputed, or of any action for malicious prosecution, libel, slander, seduction or breach of promise of marriage. 8 (3) The court shall have jurisdiction where, (a) the defendant resides in the district; (b) the breach of contract occurred or the cause of action arose wholly or in part within the district; or (c) the chattel or thing the subject-matter of the action is in the district.