Price v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria, rendered December 4, 1893, in a proceeding by mandamus, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The first question to be determined is the right of this ■court to take jurisdiction by writ of error in a mandamus proceeding where the amount involved is less than $500. It is insisted that the matter in controversy is merely pecuniary, and, being for a sum less than $500, there can be no writ of error.
Section 2, Article VI., of the Constitution of Virginia, in ■declaring the jurisdiction of this court, says: “ It shall have •appellate jurisdiction only, except in cases of habeas corpus, mandamus and prohibition.” The Constitution regulates the character of the jurisdiction, whether…
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