Deaton v. Mitchell

Brannon, President:

Before considering- a case before it on its merits, this Court must consider its jurisdiction, especially as it is in this case challeng-ed. We have no jurisdiction of this appeal. It was a suit to enforce a judgment lien upon land. On reference to a commissioner to ascertain liens, only two were reported, and they were decreed ag-ainst the *671land, and it was decreed to sale; one being- to the Bank of Bramwell, the other to C. A. Deaton & Co., and each less than one hundred dollars, that of Deaton &- Co. being ninety-seven dollars and sixty-one cents. The debt of the bank was…