Ketcherside v. Cox

Court of Appeals of Texas

Ketcherside v. Cox

1 White & W. 90

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas

DecidedNovember 21, 1882

DocketNo. 1258, R. Book No. 4, p. 194

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Ketcherside v. Cox, 1 White & W. 90 (Tex. Ct. App. 1882).

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Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 228. Jurisdiction of county court. Suit was brought in justice’s court for $150 damages. Judgment rendered for defendants that they recover costs. On appeal to the county court a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction was sustained, on the ground that the amount of the judgment appealed from was less than $20. Held, error.

[91]*91November 21, 1882.

The amount in controversy in the original suit, and not the amount of the judgment rendered, determines on appeal the jurisdiction of the appellate tribunal. [Rev. Stats, art. 1165; Jones v. Jones, Austin Term, ante, p. 19.]

Reversed and remanded.

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Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 228. Jurisdiction of county court. Suit was brought in justice’s court for $150 damages. Judgment rendered for defendants that they recover costs. On appeal to the county court a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction was sustained, on the ground that the amount of the judgment appealed from was less than $20. Held, error.

[91]*91November 21, 1882.

The amount in controversy in the original suit, and not the amount of the judgment rendered, determines on appeal the jurisdiction of the appellate tribunal. [Rev. Stats, art. 1165; Jones v. Jones, Austin Term, ante, p. 19.]

Reversed and remanded.

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