St. Joe & Mineral Farm Mining Co. v. First National Bank
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the Court of Appeals. Motion to dismiss appeal. This suit was originally instituted in the district court of Pitkin county, by the First National Bank of Aspen, as the legal owner and holder of the promissory note of the St. Joe and Mineral Farm Consolidated Mining Company and The Mineral Farm Consolidated Mining Company, for the sum of $40,000, secured by a trust deed upon certain property, for the purpose of procuring the substitution of a trustee to execute…
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Appeal from the Court of Appeals. Motion to dismiss appeal. This suit was originally instituted in the district court of Pitkin county, by the First National Bank of Aspen, as the legal owner and holder of the promissory note of the St. Joe and Mineral Farm Consolidated Mining Company and The Mineral Farm Consolidated Mining Company, for the sum of $40,000, secured by a trust deed upon certain property, for the purpose of procuring the substitution of a trustee to execute the powers of the trust, because of the absence from the state of the trustee designated therein. It averred its ownership…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Goddard
The case is brought here on appeal from a judgment of the court of appeals, affirming' the judgment of the district court. Appellee moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that this court has no jurisdiction to entertain the same. The precise question presented by this motion has never been passed upon by this court, and that is, whether for the purpose of our jurisdiction, a judgment like that of the district court exceeds $2,500 exclusive of costs, within the intent and meaning of section 1, page 118, Session Laws of 1891, it being conceded that the matter in controversy does not relate…
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