Tintsman v. National Bank
Supreme Court of the United States
•Motion to dismiss a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of'Pennsylvania. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
In Gray v. Blanchard (97 U. S. 564), we held that a case must be dismissed, if, on an examination of the whole record,' it appeared that the value of the matter actually in dispute between the parties was less than our jurisdictional amount. This writ of error was brought by the defendant below to reverse a judgment against him of more than $5,000; but on looking into the record we find that the ca¡se was heard on an agreed statement of facts in the nature of a special verdict, in which it appeared that the plaintiff claimed of the defendant $8,238.79, and interest from June 4, 1876. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gray v. BlanchardSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
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