Case Name: GLOBE LOAN CO. v. BETANCOURT
Court: Texas Courts of Civil Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1914-12-05
Citations: 171 S.W. 308
Docket Number: No. 5398
Parties: GLOBE LOAN OO. CO. BETANCOURT.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter
Volume: 171
Pages: 308–309

Head Matter:
GLOBE LOAN OO. CO. BETANCOURT.
(No. 5398.)
(Court of Civil Appeals of Texas. San Antonio.
Dec. 5, 1914.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 16, 1914.)
Appeal and Ebbok (§ 65 ) — Jurisdiction of Coubt op Civil Appeals — Amount in Oon-TBOVERSY.
, Where plaintiff in justice’s court, demanding judgment for $104, recovered judgment for $76, and, on appeal by defendant, filed in the county court an amendment reducing the demand to $76, the amount in controversy in the county court was $76, and the Court of Civil Appeals has no jurisdiction of an appeal from a judgment for that amount.
[Ed. 'Note. — For other cases, see Appeal and Error, Cent. Dig. §§ 315-328; Dec. Dig. § 65. ]
Appeal from Bexar County Court for Civil Cases; John H. Clark, Judge.
Action by Ireneo Betancourt against the Globe Loan Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
Dismissed.
Chambers & Watson, of San Antonio, for appellant. Fred N. Cowen, Wm. H. Russell, and McCollum Burnett, all of San Antonio, for appellee.
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Opinion:
FLY, C. J.
This is a suit for double the
alleged amount of usurious interest paid by appellee to appellant, which in the justice's court was placed at $104. The cause was tried by the justice of the peace, and judgment rendered in favor of appellee for $76. The cause was appealed by appellant to the county court. During the trial in .the county court, appellee filed an amendment, in wbicb the amount claimed was reduced to"$76, and the jury found in favor of appellee for that amount.
By the amendment in the county court the amount in controversy was reduced from $104 to $76, a sum from which an appeal could not he prosecuted to this court. Bishop v. Lawson, 47 Tex. Civ. App. 646, 105 S. W. 1008.
The appeal is dismissed.