Miami Athletic Club, Inc. v. Morency

The defendants suffered an adverse verdict at the hands of the jury and final judgment was entered thereon. Upon this appeal, they present three points — the first attacks the jurisdiction of the court upon the basis of the amount involved; the second, the sufficiency of the evidence; and the third urges that the court erred by interrupting the jury’s deliberations with the admonition that they must shortly return a verdict or be discharged.

Our examination of the record convinces us that there was a good-faith claim of an amount sufficient to bring the cause within the jurisdiction of the…