Humphrey v. Godsey

The question to he determined in this case is whether this court has jurisdiction of the controversy, or whether the case falls within the jurisdiction of the court of civil appeals. Section 7 of the act [published Acts 1907, ch. 82], creating that court provides:

“That the jurisdiction of said court of civil appeals shall be appellate only, and shall extend to all cases brought up from courts of equity or chancery courts, except cases in which the amount involved,. exclusive of costs, exceeds one thousand dollars, and except cases involving the constitutionality of the statutes of Tennessee,…