2 D.C. 444
Decided November 15, 1823
The note was for $56.84. The warrant was for $50. Caze-nove, at the trial, admitted payment of $6.84.
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Decided 1823-11-15
Cited by 4 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently November 1903
1 state decisions
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¶1Can consent give jurisdiction ? If, in order to give original jurisdiction to this Court, the parties should agree that the debt was 56 dollars, when the real debt was less than 50 dollars, could the jurisdiction of this Court be supported ?
¶2The Court
¶3said they still considered the real debt, in this case, to be $56.84, and that the judgment must be reversed, and judgment of nonsuit entered with costs.