Waterville v. Van Slyke
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES - FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS. The facts .which make the case are stated in the opinion;-of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
This is a writ of error to the. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas.
In that court there was a judgment against the plaintiff in error for the sum of §1282.06. The amount is too small to give this court jurisdiction on a writ of error to a Circuit Court. There is, however, a certificate of division of opinion between the circuit judge and the district judge sitting at the trial without a jury.
We have decided that under the act of 1872, a case may be brought to this court on a certificate of division, without regard •to the amount in controversy. Dow v. Johnson, 100 U. S. 158. But that…
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