Case: WISE & LYNN v. THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY
Abbreviation: Lynn v. Columbian Turnpike Co.
Decision Date: 1812-03-14
Docket Number: 
Citation: 7 Cranch 276
Volume: 11
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: WISE & LYNN v. THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY.
Judges: Present....Jill the Judges.
Pages: 276–276

Head Matter:
WISE & LYNN v. THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY.
Present....Jill the Judges.
SP°eiTor to • the echcuit Court for the lambía,°this" Cou.t ha? no jurisdiction, if the sum warded beless than iOO dot-aSgreater°sum mayhave beep eiafme"/ •
x nE Columbian Turnpike Company obtained a rule uPon the Plaintiffs in error, Wise and Lynn, to show, cause why this writ of error should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the matter in dispute being less than 100 dollars, and. the writ of error being to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia,
March 14,

Opinion:
Upon the return of the rule, ft appearing that the gum awarded was only 4S dollars, the Court, all thé Judges being present, decided that they fiad no jurisdiction, although' the sum claimed by Wise Sf Lynn, before the commissioners of the road, was more than 100 dollars. 1
Writ of error dismissed.