Goodman v. City of Ft. Collins
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN DEVANTER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action in ejectment wherein there were opposing contentions respecting the effect to be given to a prior judgment apparently investing the defendant with the title and right of possession to the premises in controversy. The judgment was rendered in a condemnation proceeding in one of the county courts in Colorado, which are concededly without jurisdiction where the value of the property involved exceeds $2,000. Const. Colo, art. 6, § 23. A statute declares that, “to give the said courts jurisdiction,” the complaint shall state that the value of the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Tilton v. CofieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Continental Insurance v. RhoadsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Whalen v. GordonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1899
- In re Plymouth Cordage Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1905
- Bowden v. BurnhamCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1894
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- Jenkins v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938