Case Name: The Pennsylvania Company v. Trimble et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1881-05
Citations: 75 Ind. 378
Docket Number: No. 7946
Parties: The Pennsylvania Company v. Trimble et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 75
Pages: 378–379

Head Matter:
No. 7946.
The Pennsylvania Company v. Trimble et al.
Appeal. — Amount in Controversy. — Dismissal.—Appeals to tlie Supreme Court from judgments in actions originating before justices of the peace, where the amount in controversy is less than fifty dollars, will be dismissed.
From the Allen Circuit Court.
J. Brackenridge, — Carey and F. T. Zollars, for appellant.
J. E. Graham and M. V. B. Gotshall, for appellees.

Opinion:
Elliott, J.
This action was instituted before a justice of the peace, and a judgment recovered by the justice against appellant for forty-five dollars. From this judgment appellant appealed to the circuit court, and in that court a judgment was recovered against appellant for the same sum as that obtained by appellee in the justice's court. This judgment was rendered on the 27th day of May, 1878, and under the provisions of the act of March 14th, 1877, Acts 1877, Spec. Sess., p. 59, this appeal must be dismissed, for-the reason that the amount in controversy is less than fifty dollars. Halleck v. Weller, 72 Ind. 342 ; Sprinkle v. Toney, 73 Ind. 592 ; Parsley v. Eskew, 73 Ind. 558.
Appeal dismissed, at costs, of appellant.