JOHNSON & Another v. WILKINS
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOE THE NORTHERN DISTRICT 0$ FLORIDA. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
There is nothing in this record from which it can fairly be inferred that the value of the matter in dispute exceeds five thousand dollars. The suit was ejectment, begun in a State court and removed to the Circuit. Court of the United States, for a lot in Pensacola and the profits thereof since January 1, 1880, of. the yearly value of five hundred dollars. The value of the lot is not stated in any of the pleadings, but in the petition for the removal of the suit it is put at “ more than five hundred dollars.” The recovery was of the lot and rent at fifteen dollars per month from January 1,…
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