Case Name: Jewell v. The Town of Sullivan
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1892-03-16
Citations: 130 Ind. 574
Docket Number: No. 16,051
Parties: Jewell v. The Town of Sullivan.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 130
Pages: 574–575

Head Matter:
No. 16,051.
Jewell v. The Town of Sullivan.
Appellate Court. — Jurisdiction.—In an action for damages, where the questions arise upon the rulings of the trial court, in refusing to give judgment on the general verdict — the verdict being in favor of the appellant for $1,000 — and awarding it upon the answers of the jury to the interrogatories, the jurisdiction is in the Appellate Court, as the record shows that the actual controversy is as to the sum of $1,000, and that the action is for the recovery of money only.
From the Sullivan Circuit Court.
W. G. Hultz, W. G. Barrett, O. B. Harris and W. 8. Maple, for appellant.
G. W. Buff and J. 8. Bays, for appellee.
Filed March 16, 1892.

Opinion:
Elliott, C. J.
The appellant, in her complaint, seeks to recover against the appellee damages for injuries sustained because of the alleged negligence of the appellee in permitting one of its streets to become unsafe. If the questions in the ease arose upon the complaint, jurisdiction would be in this court, but there is no question upon that pleading, for the questions arise upon the rulings of the trial court in refusing to give judgment on the general verdict, and awarding it upon the answers of the jury to interrogatories. The specifications in the assignment of errors relate entirely to the rulings upon the verdict and the answers to the interrogatories returned by the jury. The verdict is in favor of the appellant and fixes the damages at $1,000. All that the appellant claims is that sum, and hence no greater ámount is in controversy, although a larger sum is claimed in the complaint. As the record shows that the actual controversy is as to the sum of $1,000, and that the action is for the recovery of money only, the jurisdiction is in the Appellate Court.
Ordered that the case be transferred to the Appellate Court by the clerk.