Ockerman v. Woodward

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CHIEF JUSTICE Miller

Overruling motion to dismiss appeal.

Oekerman sued the appellee for $475.00 damages; his petition was dismissed on June 5, 1914. The order of June 9, 1914, overruling Oekerman’s motion for a new trial, granted him an appeal to this court. Oekerman filed his record in the office of the clerk of this court on December 14,1914, whereupon appellee moved this court to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Under the Act of March 14, 1898, the minimum jurisdiction of this court, in cases of this character, was fixed at $200.00; and it so remained until…