Case Name: BAKEWELL vs. COE & AL.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1826-10
Citations: 5 Mart. (n.s.) 185
Docket Number: 
Parties: BAKEWELL vs. COE & AL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Martin (Louisiana Term Reports)
Volume: 5
Pages: 185–185

Head Matter:
BAKEWELL vs. COE & AL.
West'n Dis’ct
October, 1826
Appeal from the court of the sixth district.
Deblieux for the plaintiff, Rost for the defendants.
The supreme court cannot act on a case in which the value of the matter in dispute is below 300 dollars.

Opinion:
Porter, J.
delivered the opinion of the court. The petitioner claims a kitchen, built on a lot belonging to him, which he avers to be worth $150, and also damages to the amount of $50, which he alleges to have sustained by the defendant's having attempted to seize and sell it.
From these allegations it appears that the whole matter in contest, between the parties, is two hundred dollars, and to give this court jurisdiction, it must exceed three hundred. Const. art. 4, § 1.
It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed, that this appeal be dismissed, with costs.