Cramer v. McDowell

We have recently passed upon the principal question involved in this case. Mr. Justice Stone, in deciding the application for a rehearing in the case of the Denver Brick M. & B. Co. v. Henry McAllister (ante, p. 826), said: “The amount specified as the statutory limitation of the jurisdiction in question must be taken to mean the amount due the plaintiff, or the value or amount of his claim, or the value of the property sought to be recovered at the time of bringing the action A

*370That opinion considers the jurisdiction of county courts, while this requires a discussion of the jurisdiction of…