Gilmore and Helm v. Brown

Opinion of the Court by

Drury, Commissioner

Dismissing.

The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellants for $225.00. An appeal to this court was granted’ by the court below. The appellants superseded the judgment there, and have prosecuted that appeal. Where the amount in controversy is less than $500.00 the trial court is without jurisdiction to grant an appeal, and a supersedeas bond executed in such cases is void. See Childers v. Ratliff, 164 Ky. 123, 175 S. W. 25; Davis, et al. v. Davis, et al., 178 Ky. 779, 199 S. W. 1075; Frazier v. Ison, 194 Ky. 550, 240 S. W. 39.

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