WELLS & Others v. WILKINS
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
These are suits in ejectment, each for a separate and distinct. part of a lot in Pensacola. A judgment was rendered in each case1 for the recovery of the premises sued for in that case. Neither the pleadings nor the evidence found in the records show the value of the property, but on suing out the writs of error the plaintiffs in error in each case filed two affidavits to ' the effect that the value was more than $5000. ’ Since the cases were docketed here, however, the defendant in error has filed counter affidavits which prove beyond all doubt that this is a mistake, and that the value in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- JOHNSON & Another v. WILKINSSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
3Cited by2 opinions
- De La Torre v. National City BankCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1939
- Lamb v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911