Legal Opinion

Yznaga Del Valle v. Harrison

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 18, 1876No. 125PublishedCited by 8 opinions

IiIotion to" dismiss a wrjt of error to the Circuit Court of- the Unitéd States for .the District of Louisiana.

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite

The judgment in this case is for less than $5,000, and was given April 9, 1875. A motion for new trial, entered and filed April 13, was overruled, after argument, May 8. The judgment as given was signed by the judge May 10, 1875.

A motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction is now made, because the matter in dispute is less than $5,000. This writ of error was issued under sect. 691 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of Feb. 16, 1875 (18 Stat. 316), which provides for the re-examination in this court of all final judgments of the circuit courts rendered previous to May 1, 1875,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. LIFE AND FIRE INS. COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. Wilson's HeirsSupreme Court of the United States · 1834
  2. Stark v. BurkeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1854
  3. Ex parte NichollsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1843
  4. Succession of AsbridgeSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1846

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In Re Hurley Mercantile Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
  2. J. F. Hartz Co. v. LukaszcewskiMichigan Supreme Court · 1918
  3. Viator v. HeintzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
  4. Joy v. GodchauxCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1929
  5. Childs v. N. B. Carlstein Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1896

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