Case Name: HEARD v. ROGERS
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1927-05-13
Citations: 6 La. App. 204
Docket Number: No. 2947
Parties: HEARD v. ROGERS
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 6
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
No. 2947
Second Circuit
HEARD v. ROGERS
(May 13, 1927. Opinion and Decree.)
H. E. Dawkins, of Farmerville, attorney for plaintiff, appellee.
S. L. Digby, of Farmerville, attorney for defendant, appellant.

Opinion:
REYNOLDS, J.
This was a suit to recover $250.00 as the value of a mule run into and so badly crippled as to make it necessary to kill him so as to put him out of pain.
On trial plaintiff entered a remittitur of $150.00 of the amount claimed, thus leaving in dispute exactly $100.00.
Defendant objected to plaintiff entering the remittitur after the case was on trial. We have been unable to find any authority preventing from doing so and defendant has not cited us to any. In our opinion a remittitur may be entered at any time before final judgment.
This court is without jurisdiction where the amount or value remaining in contest when the case was submitted for decision in the trial court does not exceed one hundred dollars, exclusive of interest.
Constitution of 1921, Article VII, Section 29.
Morey vs. Gladden, 5 La. App. —.
The court, having no jurisdiction ratione materiae, the appeal is dismissed by it ex proprio motu at appellant's cost.