State ex rel. Shannon v. Hunter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoyt, J.

The return of the respondent to the alternative writ of mandamus issued herein shows that he had dismissed the suit in question for want of jurisdiction to hear the same, because the amount sued for was less than $100, and upon this return the questions to be decided arise. Some question is made by counsel as to whether in fact the sum sued for, as shown by the complaint, was less than $100, but, as the view we take makes such question immaterial, we shall not attempt to decide the same. Two questions are presented which it is necessary for us…