Home Ins. Co. v. McFarland

This case comes on to be heard on motion of the appellees to dismiss the appeal for the reason that the amount in controversy does not exceed the sum of fifty dollars. The case originated in the court of a justice of the peace, and the amount for which the plaintiff sues is one hundred sixteen dollars. In due course the case reached the court below, in which a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for six dollars and eighty-five cents, from which the plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The appellees’ contention is that the amount of this judgment is the amount in controversy on this appeal…