Dodson v. Wortham

FLY, Associate Justice.

This suit was instituted under authority conferred by article 2211, Revised Statutes, to recover certain funds belonging to the estate of Frederick Belford, deceased, which had by order of the county judge been paid by his administrator into the State treasury. Art. 2202. The case was tried by the court below and judgment rendered in favor of appellee.

The exclusive jurisdiction of the county court is limited by the Constitution to civil cases in which the matter in controversy exceeds in value $200 and does not exceed $500, exclusive of interest; and its concurrent…