Case Name: CUTLER ARNOLD, Respondent, v. GEORGE VAN BRUNT, Apppellant
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1854-01
Citations: 4 Cal. 89
Docket Number: 
Parties: CUTLER ARNOLD, Respondent, v. GEORGE VAN BRUNT, Apppellant.
Judges: Mr. Ch. J. Murray concurred.
Reporter: California Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 89–89

Head Matter:
CUTLER ARNOLD, Respondent, v. GEORGE VAN BRUNT, Apppellant.
1ueisdiction — Disteiot Coott. — Where the principal sum sued for is less than $200, the District Court has no jurisdiction.
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District.
This was a suit for the principal and interest of a promissory note. The principal was $107, and the interest $170, making $277, for which amount judgment was rendered, and defendant appealed.
Stephen J. Field, for Appellant.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Heydeneeldt
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Mr. Ch. J. Murray concurred.
To give the District Court jurisdiction, the amount sued for must be not less than $200, exclusive of interest. ( See Constitution.)
The judgment is reversed.