Case Name: Moffitt v. Wilson et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1873-11
Citations: 44 Ind. 476
Docket Number: 
Parties: Moffitt v. Wilson et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 476–476

Head Matter:
Moffitt v. Wilson et al.
Appeal.—yWiM-sVftb».—Amount in Controversy.—No appeal can be taken to the Supreme Court in an action originating before a justice of the peace, where the judgment, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed ten dollars.
From the Boone Common Pleas.
T. f. Cason and S'. M. Burke, for appellant.
■C. C. Nave, for appellees.

Opinion:
Pettit, J.
This court has no jurisdiction of this case. This case was commenced before a justice of the peace, and an appeal was taken to the common pleas court, where a judgment was rendered for the appellees for nine dollars and costs, from which judgment this appeal was taken. Sec. 550, 2 G. & H. 269, provides, that "appeals may be taken from the courts of common pleas and the circuit courts, to the Supreme Court, by either party, from all final judgments, except in actions originating before a justice" of the peace, or mayor of a city, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed ten dollars." The judgment of nine dollars, exclusive of interest and costs, is the amount in controversy, and as the case originated before a justice of the peace, this court has no jurisdiction of it.
The appeal is dismissed, at the costs of the appellant.