Case Name: Miles v. Troop
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-01
Citations: 1 Root 148
Docket Number: 
Parties: Miles v. Troop.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 148–148

Head Matter:
NEW HAVEN COUNTY,
JANUARY TERM, A. D. 1790.
Miles v. Troop.
On a plea in abatement of an appeal, because tbe value of tbe matters in dispute was under £20 —parol evidence to- prove tbe value, not admissible.
AotioN of assumpsit for 2,000 feet of oars, which the defendant received to sell, and promised to account for the avails; value £30; damage demanded £40.
Plea in abatement of the appeal — That the oars, the only matter in dispute were not, nor are of the value of £20; and offered parol evidence to prove the value.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The evidence was not admitted; and the plea judged insufficient: It must appeal* from the record, what the value of the debt, damage, or other matter in dispute is, and the court will never go into proof to- find the value, which is the province of the jury or triers to do upon a hearing on the merits.