Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Rambolt

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by appellee-in the district court of Milam county to recover of appellant a penalty of five hundred dollars for an over charge of passenger fare, under the provisions contained in Articles 4256 and 4258 of the Revised Statutes. At the Galveston term, 1885, this court, adopting the conclusions of the Commissioners of Appeals in the case of Jones v. Breedlove & Ewing, held that the district court did not have jurisdiction of a suit for the recovery of money of the exact amount of five hundred dollars. We see no reason for departing from that…