Case Name: JOHN AND LEON VARION vs. W. H. HOWCOTT
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1906-05-14
Citations: 5 Teiss. 105
Docket Number: No. 3961
Parties: JOHN AND LEON VARION vs. W. H. HOWCOTT.
Judges: 
Reporter: Decisions, Court of Appeal, parish of Orleans (Teissier)
Volume: 5
Pages: 105–108

Head Matter:
(Court of Appeal, Parish of Orleans.,
No. 3961.
JOHN AND LEON VARION vs. W. H. HOWCOTT.
ON MOTION TO DISMISS.
Jurisdictional allegations in the petition as to the value of property to dispute must yield to the proof found in the record, of such value.
The facts of this case bring it within the scope of the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens Bank vs. Marr, 45 S. R. 715.
Appeal from Civil District Court, Division “A.”
May 14th, 1906.
G. Fernandez, Jr., Dinkelspiel & Hart, Plaintiff and Appellee.
W. W. Wall, Defendant and Appellant.

Opinion:
ESTOPINAL, J.
The motion to dismiss in this case is predicated on the allegation in plaintiff's and appellant's petition to the effect, "that the property which is the subject matter of litigation is worth more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00, therefore this Court is without jurisdiction. The value of the property asserted in the petition must yield to the proof administered by the parties, and, consulting that proof we find that the value of the property in dispute is far below the highest jurisdictional limit of this Court.
The motion to dismiss is therefore denied.