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1 White & W. 90

Ketcherside v. Cox

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided November 21, 1882

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1882-11-21

<p>Appeal from Hill County.</p>

Decided 1882-11-21

¶1Opinion by

White, P. J.

¶2§ 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.

*91November 21, 1882.

¶3The 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.]

¶4Reversed and remanded.

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