Olden v. Alexander
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is ail action on a prison limits bond for three hundred dollars, against the surety therein.
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is ail action on a prison limits bond for three hundred dollars, against the surety therein. The plaintiff shows, that the defendant, on the 29th of December, 1832, signed the prison limits bond sued on, in which he bound himself with the principal debtor in the penalty of three hundred dollars, that the latter should keep the prison limits established by law, for the parish of East Baton Rouge, and not depart therefrom until legally discharged…
1Opinion of the CourtBullard, J.
The appellee moves to dismiss the appeal, on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction, the amount in controversy not exceeding three hundred dollars.
■ The plaintiff demands three hundred dollars with judicial interest, that is interest after the judicial demand on the inception of the’suit. In the case of Bergel vs. Langlais, 1 Martin, N. S., 138, the court held, that when the plaintiff claimed three hundred dollars with interest, an appeal would lie. It is difficult to distinguish the cases. At the time the answer was filed, something more than three hundred was in controversy.
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