Singer v. Singer
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Davidson County. — John Allison, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McAlister
This cause was before the court on a former day of the term, and was dismissed for want of jurisdiction. We have been presented with a very earnest petition to rehear the case.
*673Tbe action of tbe court in dismissing tbe appeal was based on tbe ground that tbe jurisdictional amount involved was less than $1,000, and that tbe appeal should have been prosecuted to tbe court of civil appeals.
Section 7 of tbe act creating tbe court of civil appeals (Acts 1907, c. 82) provides':
“That tbe jurisdiction of said court of civil appeals shall be appellate only, and shall extend to all cases brought up from…
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