Case Name: H. J. Webber, v. Samuel Carey
Court: Kansas Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1896-01-17
Citations: 2 Kan. App. 165
Docket Number: No. 80
Parties: H. J. Webber, v. Samuel Carey.
Judges: All the Judges concurring.
Reporter: Reports of cases decided in the Courts of Appeals of the state of Kansas
Volume: 2
Pages: 165–166

Head Matter:
H. J. Webber, v. Samuel Carey.
No. 80.
Appeal — Record—Jurisdiction—Dismissal. Under section 1, chapter 245, Laws of 1889, the record brought to this court must affirmatively show that this court has jurisdiction, or the case will be dismissed. And when the record discloses that the amount in controversy does not exceed $100,'there must be incorporated therein a certificate of the trial judge showing that the case is within the exception of the statute before this court has the power to hear and determine the same. (Clark v. City of Ottawa, 1 Kan. App. 304.)
Memorandum. — Error from Barton district court; Ansel R. Clark, judge. Action for conversion of personal property brought by Samuel Carey against H. J. Webber. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings the case here.
Dismissed.
The material facts are stated in the opinion herein, filed January 17, 1896.
J. P. Francis, for plaintiff in error ; G. W. Nimocks, of counsel.
Clark & Russell, and J. B. Prose, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Cole, J. :
This action is before us upon a motion to dismiss for the reason that the record discloses that the amount in controversy does not exceed $100, and for the further reason that the record discloses that no proper appeal bond was filed with the justice of the peace from whose judgment the plaintiff in error attempted to appeal to the district court. This court cannot at this time pass upon the second question raised, for that is the sole question practically involved in the case as it comes to this court for review; but the first point raised has already been passed upon by this court in favor of the position contended for by defendant in error. In this case the record discloses that the amount involved in this controversy does not exceed $100, and unless it affirmatively appears that the amount in controversy exceeds that sum, inclusive of costs, or the district judge shall certify that the case is one coming within the exceptions named in the statute, this court has no jurisdiction to hear and determine the same. No certificate appears in this record to take the case out of the rule laid down in Clark v. City of Ottawa, 1 Kan. App. 304, and the case is therefore dismissed.
All the Judges concurring.