John Hagan, in Error v. Thomas J. Foison
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the district court of the United States, for the southern-district of Alabama. After the argument, the court, on inspecting the record, became satisfied that the amount m controversy between the parties, was not sufficient to give the plaintiff a right to bring the casé up by writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Story
The court are not sátisfied that this case is within their appellate jurisdiction. To support that jurisdiction, it is necessary that it should appear upon the face of the record, or upon affidavits to be filed by the parties, that the sum or value in controversy exceeds $2,000-, exclusive of costs. The'onis probandi is upon the party seeking to obtain a revisión of the case, to establish. the- jurisdiction. Here the whole matter in controversy is the ownership of one negro woman and two children, who are slaves; and it is not supposed that their value can be equal to $2,000. The bond in the…
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