Dunning v. Lacey
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cash 101 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL PROM TRIGG CIRCUIT COURT. The amount sued for in the justice’s court is-the amount in controversy. (Miller v. Yocum, 12 B. M., 421; Burbage v. Squires, 3 Met., 77; Donohue v. Murray, 2 Bush, 194.) The amount of the judgment appealed from is the amount in controversy. (L. & N. R. Co. v. Wade, 89 Ky., 255.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE PRYOR
delivered the opinion op this court.
The appellant, Nanning, was snecl in the quarterly court of Trigg county by the appellee, Lacey, for work and labor and for damages resulting from a breach of contract in regard to the rent of a farm. The amount sought to be recovered was one hundred and sixty-four dollars.
The claim of the appellee, Lacey, was controverted, and on the trial in the quarterly court a judgment for twenty-five dollars was rendered against Dunning. He appealed to the circuit court, and that court regarding the matter in controversy as being only *612twenty-five dollars,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tipton v. ChambersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1859
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. WadeCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Donahue v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
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- Franks v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915