Legal Opinion

Chicago & Atlantic Railway Co. v. Summers

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1887No. 13,851PublishedCited by 32 opinions

From the Starke Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHowk, J.

Appellee Summers has moved the court in writing to dismiss the appeal in this cause for the following reasons, namely:

1. Because this court has no jurisdiction whatever of such ■appeal.

*112. Because it is not an appeal from a final judgment, but from an order on a motion under section 4030, R. S. 1881.

3. Because such appeal was taken from a judgment of the court below, in an action which originated before a justice of the peace, wherein the amount in controversy did not exceed fifty dollars, exclusive of costs, as shown by the record.

It is manifest, we think, that the consideration and decision…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Burkett v. HolmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HixonIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Clark v. Jeffersonville RailroadIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. NorthIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Walker v. HillIndiana Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. In re NevittCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
  2. McClaughry v. DemingSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  3. Rushville Gas Co. v. City of RushvilleIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Crawfordsville Trust Co. v. RamseyIndiana Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Guthrie v. HowlandIndiana Supreme Court · 1905

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