City of Belton v. Omaha Trust Co.

The Omaha Trust Company, as owner of 18 paying warrants, of the denomination of $500 each, issued by the eity of Belton, brought suit to recover $1,000, the face value of the only two warrants past due, $780 past-due interest on the remaining warrants, which had not matured, and an attorney’s fee of 10 per cent, on those amounts. Plaintiff’s demand in the aggregate amounted to $2,177.83, for which sum judgment was entered. His petition, however, sought to establish the validity of' the unmatured warrants, and on this ground it is claimed that more than the jurisdictional amount of $3,000 is…