Case Name: Bowers v. The Town of Elwood
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1873-11
Citations: 45 Ind. 234
Docket Number: 
Parties: Bowers v. The Town of Elwood.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 45
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
Bowers v. The Town of Elwood.
Appeal.—Amount in Controversy.—Supreme Court.—Jurisdiction.—The Supreme Court has no jurisdiction of an appeal from a judgment for one dollai and costs in an action originating before a justice of the peace.
From the Madison Circuit Court.
C. D. Thompson, % T. Smith, M. S. Robinson, and J. W. Lovett, for appellant.
H. D. Thompson, for appellee.

Opinion:
Pettit, J.
This suit was brought by the appellee against the appellant before a justice of the peace, to recover damages for the obstruction of a street. Before the justice, there was judgment for costs for the appellant; and on appeal to the circuit court, there was judgment against the appellant for one dollar and costs. This court has no jurisdiction of this case, owing to the smallness of the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs. 2 G. & H. 269, sec. 550, and cases cited in note 3 to that section; Moffitt v. Wilson, 44 Ind. 476.
The appeal is dismissed, at the costs of the appellant.