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Case No. 12,924.
    SKINNER v. McCAFFREY.
    [2 Cranch, C. C. 193.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Dec. Term, 1819.
    Jury — Fees—Jurisdictional Amount.
    If the verdict be below the jurisdiction of the court, the jury is not entitled to the fee of twelve shillings.
    [Cited in Hellrigle v. Dulaney, Case No. 6,343.]
    In an action of assumpsit, the jury brought in a verdict for thirteen dollars. This court has not jurisdiction in cases under twenty dollars, and therefore could not render a judgment. It became a question whether a jury was entitled to the fee of twelve shillings.
   THE COURT

refused to order either party to pay the fee.