Cleaden v. Yeates

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Cleaden v. Yeates

5 Whart. 94, 1840 Pa. LEXIS 182

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided January 4, 1840·Published·Cited by 3 cases

Opinion

Per Curiam.

Neither the sum for which suit was brought, the matter in controversy, nor the amount for which judgment was given, is beyond the appellate jurisdiction of the Common Pleas. It never has been doubted, that a plaintiff may reduce his demand to the standard of a limited jurisdiction, by lopping off the excess; and it is not pretended that more, if so much, was done here.

Judgment affirmed.

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Per Curiam.

Neither the sum for which suit was brought, the matter in controversy, nor the amount for which judgment was given, is beyond the appellate jurisdiction of the Common Pleas. It never has been doubted, that a plaintiff may reduce his demand to the standard of a limited jurisdiction, by lopping off the excess; and it is not pretended that more, if so much, was done here.

Judgment affirmed.

Cleaden v. Yeates, 5 Whart. 94, 1840 Pa. LEXIS 182 (Pa. 1840).

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