Liberty Loan Corporation of Dubuque v. Fassbinder

UHLENHOPP, Justice.

We have here to decide at the outset whether the appeal must be dismissed for want of jurisdictional amount.

On July 16, 1969, plaintiff filed its petition demanding $962.46 of defendants on a note, with interest at five percent per annum from February 12, 1969, and costs. On Au gust 8, 1969, defendants filed their answer, and on August 12, 1969, plaintiff filed reply. On August 22, 1969, the municipal court rendered judgment for plaintiff as prayed, after sustaining a motion for summary judgment. Defendants sought to take this appeal without obtaining a certificate from the…