Case Name: Griffee v. Town of Summitville
Court: Appellate Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1894-04-27
Citations: 10 Ind. App. 332
Docket Number: No. 1,320
Parties: Griffee v. Town of Summitville.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Court of Appeals Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 332–334

Head Matter:
No. 1,320.
Griffee v. Town of Summitville.
Appeal, — Cause Originating Before a Justice of the Peace. — Amount in Controversy. — An appeal can not be prosecuted from a cause originating before a justice of the peace, on a penalty prescribed by city ordinance, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, is less than fifty dollars, where the validity of the ordinance is not in question.
Obdinance. — Of City. — When Validity not in Question. — Action.■—An action to recover the penalty prescribed for the violation of a city ordinance does not necessarily call in question the validity of the ordinance.
From the Madison Circuit Court.
W. H. Soale, E. B. Goody koontz, C. Nation and G. M. Ballard,, for appellant.

Opinion:
Davis, C. J.
This action was instituted by appellee against appellant, before a justice of the peace, to recover the penalty prescribed for the violation of an ordinance of said town. Judgment was there rendered against appellant for two dollars, the amount of the penalty specified in the ordinance, for the offense charged, from which he appealed to the circuit court, where, on trial by a jury, verdict was returned against him for two dollars, on which judgment was pronounced, from which appellant attempted to prosecute this appeal. No question involving the validity of the ordinance has been raised. The only questions sought to be presented in this court relate to the sufficiency of the complaint and to the evidence. It is insisted that the evidence does not sustain the verdict.
Filed April 27, 1894.
This is a civil action. The amount in controversy is less than fifty dollars, and there is no appeal. City of Greensburgh v. Corwin, 58 Ind. 518; R. S. 1894, sections 644 and 1336; Bosworth v. Wayne Pike Co., 101 Ind. 175; Dailey v. City of Indianapolis, 53 Ind. 483; Hardenbrook v. Town of Ligonier, 95 Ind. 70.
The appeal is, therefore, dismissed.