Johnson v. Wheeler Lumber Co.

MilleR, Judge:

The plaintiff, defendant in error, presents a preliminary question of jurisdiction.

The amount of the judgment against defendants, a co-partnership, on the verdict of the jury on appeal, in the circuit court, is one hundred and eleven dollars and nine cents, with damages at the rate of ten per centum per annum until paid, and costs. It is claimed by plaintiff, however, that as the amount demanded by him in his action, begun before a justice, was but eighty-six dollars and forty-nine cents, exclusive of interest and costs, the amount in controversy is not sufficient to give this…