Legal Opinion
Ryan v. Bindley
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 18, 1864PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
68 U.S. 66 (1863)
1 Wall. 66
RYAN
v.
BINDLEY.
Supreme Court of United States.
Messrs. Lee and Fisher for the plaintiff in error.
2Opinion of the Court · DavisJustice Davis
1. The allegation in the declaration must be taken, generally, as fixing the amount or value for the purposes of jurisdiction. But the subsequent pleadings may so change the original character of the suit as to involve an amount or value in excess of two thousand dollars, and when this is done, the judgments and decrees of the court below are subject to be reviewed here.
In this case Ryan interposed a notice of set-off, and insisted that Bindley owed him four thousand…
3Cases cited2 opinions
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