Legal Opinion
Reeves v. Yale Transport Corporation
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 24, 1957No. 1897PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant filed a eomplaint containing five counts. The first four counts charged appellee with four separate assaults and batteries, and the fifth count charged appel-lee with -slander. Each count claimed damages of $3,000, a total of $15,000. At pretrial, the complaint was dismissed on the ground it sought damages in excess of the jurisdictional limitation of the trial court.
The trial court’s jurisdiction of civil actions for 'damages is limited to actions in which the “damages claimed * * * does not exceed the sum of $3,000.” Code 1951, 11-755. Recognizing this…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sutcliffe Storage & Warehouse Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1947
- United States v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Equitable Life Assur. Soc. v. WertCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
- Gray v. BlightCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1940
- Oliver v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Simons v. Federal Bar Building CorporationDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- District of Columbia v. Diener's Linoleum and Tile Co.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- Fox v. SHANNON & LUCHS COMPANY OF WASHINGTONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Newman v. CoakleyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1972
- Fox v. SHANNON & LUCHS COMPANY OF WASHINGTONDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
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