Dows v. Johnson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE DISTRICT OF IOWA. Motion to dismiss. Case also submitted on tbe briefs.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
■ We have no jurisdiction in this case. Tbe suit was brought ■by Dows & Co. to recover damages for tbe unlawful conversion of ten thousand bushels of corn, tbe value of which, according to tbe findings, did not exceed $6,000. With interest added to this sum from tbe date of the alleged conversion until tbe judgment, tbe most that could have been recovered, upon tbe special finding, was $6,360. A judgment was in fact rendered for $2,430. The matter in dispute in this court is tbe difference between these two sums, or only $3,930. In Hilton v. Dickinson, 108…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hilton v. DickinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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