McNeely v. Hyde
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL from the Fourth Judicial District Oourt, Parish of Grant. Ware, J. ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL. Unless the allegations of the petition show affirmatively that the amount in dispute exceeds two thousand dollars the appeal will be dismissed. 39 An. 113, Hite vs. Hinsel; 35 An. 311. When the allegations of neither party show that the amount in dispute exceeds the lower limit of the appellate jurisdiction the appeal will be dismissed ex proprio motu. 35 An. 496. ON PLEA…
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APPEAL from the Fourth Judicial District Oourt, Parish of Grant. Ware, J. ON MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL. Unless the allegations of the petition show affirmatively that the amount in dispute exceeds two thousand dollars the appeal will be dismissed. 39 An. 113, Hite vs. Hinsel; 35 An. 311. When the allegations of neither party show that the amount in dispute exceeds the lower limit of the appellate jurisdiction the appeal will be dismissed ex proprio motu. 35 An. 496. ON PLEA OP RES JUDICATA. The title to property having been once passed upon is res judicata between the parties to the suit and…
1Opinion of the Court
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Watkins, J.
Plaintiff and appellee jshows to the court that the amount in dispute is below the lower limit of its jurisdiction, and for that reason the appeal should be dismissed.
The demand of the petition — and the prayer is to a like effect — is for the recovery of a tract of land valued at twelve hundred dollars, for the value of timber cut and removed, two hundred dollars, and for the rental value of the cleared land at the rate of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, from 1889 to the date suit was instituted, August…
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