Sparks v. Sparks

Defendant in error filed, on October 4, 1896, a motion to dismiss the petition in error for the following reasons : First, it does not appear from the record filed herein that the amount or value in controversy in said case exceeds the amount of one hundred dollars ; second, there is no certificate of the judge who tried said case in the court below showing that the same belongs to any other class of cases of which this court has jurisdiction on appeal.

The action was brought to compel a specific performance of an alleged agreement to convey real estate, and resulted in a decree, entered March…