Johnson v. Johnston-Coutant Co.
District Court, D. Alaska
This is an appeal prosecuted by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in the commissioner’s court for the precinct of Juneau, on the 29th day of May, 1911. The judgment is as follows: ■ “This matter having come on for trial at 2 p. m. of this day, and plaintiff appeared by his attorney, J. H. Cobb, Esq., and defendants appearing by Shackleford & Bayless, their attorneys; and plaintiff applied for leave to file an amended complaint here, which leave was granted, and defendant…
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This is an appeal prosecuted by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in the commissioner’s court for the precinct of Juneau, on the 29th day of May, 1911. The judgment is as follows: ■ “This matter having come on for trial at 2 p. m. of this day, and plaintiff appeared by his attorney, J. H. Cobb, Esq., and defendants appearing by Shackleford & Bayless, their attorneys; and plaintiff applied for leave to file an amended complaint here, which leave was granted, and defendant thereupon announced instanter that they were ready to file an answer to the amended complaint, and did file the same,…
1Opinion of the Court
LYONS, District Judge.
Section 995 of our statute, found on page 346 of Carter’s Annotated Alaska Codes, provides as follows
“Either party may appeal from a judgment given in a justice’s court in a civil action, when the sum in controversy is not less than fifty dollars, or for the recovery of personal property of the value of not less than fifty dollars, exclusive of costs in either ease, except when the sum is given by confession or for the want of an answer, as prescribed in this chapter, and not otherwise.”
It is conceded in this case that the amount in controversy is sufficient to give the…
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