Legal Opinion
Peyton v. Robertson
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 12, 1824PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
22 U.S. 527 (1824)
9 Wheat. 527
PEYTON
v.
ROBERTSON.
Supreme Court of United States.
March 17, 1824.
2Opinion of the Court · MarshallChief Justice Marshall
This is a writ of error to a judgment in the Circuit Court of the United States for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, rendered for the sum of 591 dollars. The writ was dismissed in the early part of the term, for want of jurisdiction, the judgment being for less than 1000 dollars. The plaintiff in error now moves to reinstate the cause, alleging that the damages laid in the declaration, not the amount of the judgment, is the matter in controversy between the parties.
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