Case Name: J. F. Ketcherside v. J. P. Cox et al.
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1882-11-21
Citations: 1 White & W. 90
Docket Number: No. 1258, R. Book No. 4, p. 194
Parties: J. F. Ketcherside v. J. P. Cox et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Condensed Reports of Decisions in Civil Causes in the Court of Appeals (White & Wilson)
Volume: 1
Pages: 90–91

Head Matter:
J. F. Ketcherside v. J. P. Cox et al.
(No. 1258, R. Book No. 4, p. 194.)
Appeal from Hill County.

Opinion:
Opinion by
White, P. J.
§ 228. Jurisdiction of county court. Suit was brought in justice's court for $150 damages. Judgment rendered for defendants that they recover costs. On appeal to the county court a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction was sustained, on the ground that the amount of the judgment appealed from was less than $20. Held, error.
November 21, 1882.
The amount in controversy in the original suit, and not the amount of the judgment rendered, determines on appeal the jurisdiction of the appellate tribunal. [Rev. Stats, art. 1165; Jones v. Jones, Austin Term, ante, p. 19.]
Reversed and remanded.