Bishop v. Lawson

LEVY, Associate Justice.

—Appellee files a motion to dismiss the appeal of the appellant in this case, because the Court of Civil Appeals is without jurisdiction to entertain and determine the appeal, in that the amount in controversy in the case does not exceed the sum of $100 exclusive of interest and costs. The record in this case shows that the appellee filed this suit in the Justice Court, against the appellant, claiming that the appellant was indebted to him, as his tenant, for rental of a farm, in the sum of one-fourth of the value of the cotton crop raised on the place by the…