Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Rogers
Supreme Court of the United States
Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of thé United States for the District of Nebraska. The judgment below was as follows: — It is considered and adjudged by the court that said plaintiff, Jonathan Rogers, have and recover of and from said defendant, the Western Union Telegraph Company, the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars and the costs of this suit, taxed at two' hundred twenty and ($220.88) dollars, and that he have execution therefor. in support of…
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Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of thé United States for the District of Nebraska. The judgment below was as follows: — It is considered and adjudged by the court that said plaintiff, Jonathan Rogers, have and recover of and from said defendant, the Western Union Telegraph Company, the sum of five thousand ($5,000) dollars and the costs of this suit, taxed at two' hundred twenty and ($220.88) dollars, and that he have execution therefor. in support of the motion, cited Walker v. United States, 4 Wall. 168. The question upon the present motion is, whether this is not in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
Béfore the act of Feb. 16,1875 (18 Stat. 316), increasing the sum or valúe-of the 'matter in dispute, necessary to give this court jurisdiction, from $2,000 to $5,000, after May 1,1875, it was held that we had no jurisdiction-in cases where the matter in dispute "was $2,000, and no more, and that in determining the jurisdictional amount “neither interest on the judgment *567nor costs of suit can enter into the computation.” Walker v. United States, 4 Wall. 164; Knapp v. Banks, 2 How. 73. The act of 1875 simply increases the jurisdictional amount. No other change is made in the old law. The…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Walker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
- Knapp v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
3Cited by3 opinions
- New York Elevated Railroad v. Fifth National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- O'Reilly v. EdringtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Western Union Telegraph Company v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1877