Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Anderson

This is an action in ejectment, without demand for rents or profits, for the recovery of a strip of land which had been condemned by the LeRoy & Western Railway Company for a right of way. There was a judgment of ouster. The case is now before this-court upon a motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. The motion alleges, that the amount or value in controversy, exclusive of costs, does not exceed one hundred dollars ; that there is no certificate of the judge of the district or superior court trying the case, that it is one belonging to the excepted classes.

We have examined the record for…