Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. v. Hughes

RAINEY, Chief Justige.

This suit originated in the Justice Court, where a judgment was rendered for the plaintiff Hughes. The railway company appealed to the County Court, where Hughes amended his-claim for damages, increasing it to a sum amounting to over two hundred dollars. The railway company excepted to the amendment on the ground that the amount claimed exceeded the jurisdiction of the Justice Court, which exception was overruled. The case was tried and judgment was there rendered for less than two hundred dollars,- from which judgment the railway company appeals to this court.

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