Legal Opinion
Mancuso v. Joseph Chalona Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 1920No. 7784Published
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES F. CLAXBORMii, JUBGK.
Plaintiff eued the defendant for $2563 damagee. There wao judgment In hie favor for $500. The defendant appealed to the Supreme Court. The plaintiff then answered _the appeal praying that the Judgment be amended by increasing It to one thousand dollars. The Supreme Court considered this petition to be an admission that the real amount In controversy was only $1000, of which the Court had no jurisdiction, and that the balance of the claim was fictitious. In accordance with their ruling in Reine vs RRd., 144 La., 750, they transferred the case to this Court. The…
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- South Baltimore Harbor & Improvement Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1897
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