Mixan v. Grove
Texas Supreme Court
Error from McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. L. O. Alexander. Suit by defendant in error, alleging that on July 6, 1875, he-bought from the defendant below a tract of land situate in Lampasas county, for which he paid defendant in personal property, valued by them both at $250; that plaintiff at that time knew nothing-of the character or value of the land, and relied solely upon the-representations of the defendant; that the defendant represented that the land was of…
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Error from McLennan. Tried below before the Hon. L. O. Alexander. Suit by defendant in error, alleging that on July 6, 1875, he-bought from the defendant below a tract of land situate in Lampasas county, for which he paid defendant in personal property, valued by them both at $250; that plaintiff at that time knew nothing-of the character or value of the land, and relied solely upon the-representations of the defendant; that the defendant represented that the land was of great value — worth from $3 to $10 per acre, and referred plaintiff to certain persons living near said land, and owning…
1Opinion of the Court
Delany, J. Com. App.—
The only question in this case is whether the district court has jurisdiction. The constitution (art. V, sec. 8) provides that “the district court shall have original .jurisdiction . . . of all suits for the trial of title to land, and for the enforcement of liens thereon; . . . and of all suits,, complaints, or pleas whatever, without regard to any distinction between law and *575equity, when the matter in controversy shall be valued at or amount to $500, exclusive of interest.”
As the amount in controversy in this suit, exclusive of interest, was only $250, and as there was…
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