Estes v. Gunter
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. Motion to dismiss. Tbe'case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice "Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a motion to dismiss, on the ground that the value in' dispute does not exceed five thousand dollars. The record shows this: On the 25th of March, 1882, S. II. Gunter, a merchant doing business at Sardis, Mississippi, being unable to pay his debts in full, made an assignment of his stock of goods on hand, and the debts due him.by note and book account, to S. G. Spain, for the benefit of his creditors,, but with a preference in favor of Estes & Doan to the amount of $10,000 on a debt due them of $12,000. or over. Other creditors…
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