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52 Kan. 247

Richmond v. Brummie

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1893

Supreme Court of Kansas · decided 1893-07-15

<p>1. Supreme Couet — Appeal—Limit. No appeal or proceeding in error can be bad or taken to the supreme court, in any civil action, unless the amount or value in controversy, exclusive of costs, exceeds $100, except in certain cases specified in the statute. (Civil Code, § 542a; Laws of 1889, ch. 245, \ 1.)</p> <p>2. Amount of Judgment — No Jurisdiction. Where the damages claimed in a civil action by the plaintiff exceed $100, but the judgment is for the plaintiff for $100 only, exclusive of costs, and the defendant prosecutes a proceeding in error, the supreme court has not jurisdiction, for the amount or value in controversy, as to such defendant, is fixed by the judgment.</p>

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““As the judgment rendered against the defendant was for $100 only, exclusive of costs, it is apparent that there is, on the part of Kichmond, nothing in controversy beyond that amount. Consequently he is not entitled to an appeal or any proceeding in error in this court to review the alleged errors. As the plaintiff below' is satisfied with the judg ment, the amount in controversy as to the defendant below is fixed thereby.””

quoted by 1 later decision, including Deming Inv. Co. v. Blakemore

Relies on Ex parte Sweeney · Walker v. United States · Railroad Company v. Trook

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Decided 1893-07-15

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently November 1931

9 state decisions

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¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by

HortON, C. J.:

¶2Otto Brummie, as administrator of the estate of Margaret Brummie, deceased, brought his action against Dr. S. W. Richmond to recover $10,000 damages, alleged to have accrued by reason of the unskillful treatment,, as a physician, of Margaret Brummie, his wife. The jury returned, a verdict for plaintiff below for $100. Judgment was entered for $100, with costs. Richmond, defendant below, brings the case to this court for review. Otto Brummie contends that the case should be dismissed, upon the ground that this court has not jurisdiction. Section 542a of the civil code reads: “No appeal or proceeding in error shall be-had or taken to the supreme court in any civil action unless the amount or value in controversy, exclusive of costs, shall exceed $100,” except in certain cases specified in the statute. (Laws of 1889, ch. 245, § 1.) As the judgment rendered against the defendant was for $100 only, exclusive of costs, it is apparent that there is, on the part of Richmond, nothing in controversy beyond that amount. Consequently, he is not entitled to an appeal or any proceeding in error in this court to review the alleged errors.

¶3As the plaintiff below is satisfied with the judgment, the amount in controversy as to the defendant below is fixed thereby. (Smith v. Honey, 3 Pet. 469; Walker v. United States, 4 Wall. 163; Merrill v. Petty, 16 id. 338; Railroad Co. v. Trook, 100 U. S. 112; Ex parte Sweeney, 126 Ind. 583.)

¶4In the case of C. I. St. L. & C. Rly. Co. v. Grames, 33 N. E. Rep. 896, it was decided that,

¶5“Under act of February 16, 1893, ¶ 1, giving the appellate *249court jurisdiction of appeals in actions for the recovery of money only, where the amount in controversy, exclusive of costs, does not exceed $3,500, interest should not be computed on the judgment below, in determining whether the appellate court has jurisdiction.”

¶6Evidently this court has not jurisdiction, as the amount or value in controversy, exclusive of costs, does not exceed $100.

¶7The case will therefore be dismissed.

All the Justices concurring.
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