Pickham v. Wheeler-Bliss Manuf'g Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. This was an action by (he 'Wheeler-Bliss Manufacturing Company against Thomas F. Picldnnn. The plaintiff obtained a verdict for $1,500, and a motion for a new trial was denied. 69 Fed. 419. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The action was in assumpsit for goods sold and delivered, and judgment was given for the plaintiff, the defendant in error, against the plaintiff in error, for less than $2,000. Of the errors assigned the only one supported in the brief by argument or by a citation of authorities is that the court was without jurisdiction of the cause, or, as it is stated in the brief, “that the court erred in retaining jurisdiction of the case after it had become manifest that the extreme limit of the claim of the plaintiff was less than two thousand dollars.” It is a sufficient answer…
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