Johnson v. Watkins

In this cause, which was an action for tort, counter-moiions -were made by the respective parties for a judgment in form which should carry costs to them respectively. The process and declaration of the plaintiff claimed damages to an amount sufficiently largo to bring the case within the jurisdiction of the court; the minimum limit of which was fixed by the last act of congress dealing with the subject at §2,000. .This was the act of March 3, 1887. The jury, however, have rendered a verdict for only SI,333. Costs being a matter of statutory regulation, the right of parties to them depends…