Hopkins v. Bronson
California Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the County Court of Solano County. August 28th, 1863, plaintiff commenced an action against defendants in the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Solano County, to recover judgment for the sum of two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-seven cents, alleged to be due plaintiff for work and labor performed for defendants, and for money paid by plaintiff for their use. Defendant Hopkins alone answered.
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Writ of Error to the County Court of Solano County. August 28th, 1863, plaintiff commenced an action against defendants in the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, Solano County, to recover judgment for the sum of two hundred and sixty-eight dollars and seventy-seven cents, alleged to be due plaintiff for work and labor performed for defendants, and for money paid by plaintiff for their use. Defendant Hopkins alone answered. The answer was served and filed on the 28th day of January, 1864. The answer denied the allegations of the complaint, and raised the objection that the Court…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanderson, C. J.
The amount in controversy in this case is less than three hundred dollars, and this Court has no jurisdiction either on appeal or writ of error.
Let the writ be quashed.
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