Case Name: White v. Tisdale's Executor
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1919-05-13
Citations: 184 Ky. 254
Docket Number: 
Parties: White v. Tisdale’s Executor.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 184
Pages: 254–255

Head Matter:
White v. Tisdale’s Executor.
(Decided May 13, 1919.)
Appeal from Campbell Circuit Court.
1. Appeal and Error — Amount.—On appeal by a plaintiff, the amount in controversy is the difference between the amount sued for and the sum recovered.
2. Appeal and Error — Allowance of Appeal — Amount.—The circuit court is without jurisdiction to grant an appeal from a money judgment where the amount in controversy is less than $500.00. The appeal can be granted only by the Court of Appeals upon proper application.
HORACE W. ROOT and A. M. CALDWELL for appellant.
ARTHUR HALL for appellee.

Opinion:
Opinion op the Court by
William Rogers Clay, Commissioner
Dismissing the appeal.
Alleging that he had performed services for J. M. Tisdale of the reasonable value of $512.40, plaintiff, J. D. White, brought this suit against his executor to recover that sum, subject to a credit of $14.50. A trial before a jury resulted in a verdict and judgment in his favor for $100.00. The appeal by plaintiff was granted below.
On appeal by a plaintiff, the amount in controversy is the difference between the sum sued for and the sum recovered. Here, the sum sued for was $497.90, and as the sum recovered was only $100.00, the amount in controversy is $397.90. On appeal from a money judgment, where the amount*in controversy is less than $500.00, the circuit court is without jurisdiction to grant the appeal. Childers v. Ratliff, 164 Ky. 123, 175 S. W. 25; Oman-Bowling Green Stone Co. v. Louisville & N. R. R. Co., 169 Ky. 832, 185 S. W. 118. In such a case an appeal can be granted only by this court upon proper application.