Case Name: J. A. King v. A. Reed
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1852-06
Citations: 7 La. Ann. 492
Docket Number: 
Parties: J. A. King v. A. Reed.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 7
Pages: 492–494

Head Matter:
J. A. King v. A. Reed.
Where there is no real foundation for a claim over three hundred dollars, nor any legal ground for supposing such an amount can be recovered, the appeal will be dismissed.
APPEAL from the Fourth District Court of New Orleans, Strawbridge, J.
Wolfe and Singleton, for plaintiff.
Hite and Gaither, for defendant.

Opinion:
By the court:
Slidell, J.
We think this appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, there never having been a real foundation for a claim over $300, or any reasonable legal ground for supposing such an amount could be recovered. This results from an inspection of the allegations of the petition, and the items charged in the account annexed to it. The administration of justice, with that degree of care and accuracy which we would desire in cases really entitled to our jurisdiction, is scarcely practicable, and we therefore must, of our own motion, refuse to hear causes that do not fairly pertain to our province.
Appeal dismissed at costs of appellant.