Case Name: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. vs Joyce
Court: Court of Appeals of Indian Territory
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1903-09-23
Citations: 5 Indian Terr. 24
Docket Number: 
Parties: Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. vs Joyce.
Judges: Raymond ahd Townsend, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Indian Territory Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 24–25

Head Matter:
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. vs Joyce.
Opinion delivered September 23, 1903.
1. Mayor’s Court — Appeal—Jurisdictional Amount.
An appeal may be taken from a mayor’s court to the District Courts regardless of the amount of judgment or amount in controversy.
Appeal from the United States Court for the Central District.
Wm. H. H. Clayton, Judge.
Action by A. C. Joyce against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company, involving identically the same ques tion as decided at this term in the case of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. vs Phelps, 4 Ind. Ter. Rep. (76 S. W. 285). The amount claimed in this case was $20, and it was tried in the mayor’s court of Durant, Ind. Ter. Judgment was rendered against appellant for $12. The case was regularly appealed to the United States Court for the Central district, and, upon motion by appellee to dismiss the case in said court, the same was dismissed because the amount in controversy did not exceed $20, exclusive of costs. From this dismissal, appeal was taken to this court.
C. L. Jackson and R. L. Williams, for appellant.
J. L. Rappolee, for appellee.

Opinion:
Gill, C. J.
The case should be reversed, in accordance with the opinion heretofore handed down at this term in Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co. vs Phelps 4 Ind. Ter. Rep. (76 S. W. 285). Reversed and remanded, with directions to the lower court to overrule the motion to dismiss the appeal and proceed with the case on its merits.
Raymond ahd Townsend, JJ., concur.