7 Tex. 235
Decided July 1, 1851
Texas Supreme Court · decided 1851-07-01
Error from Leon. This was a suit in the District Court, to foreclose a mortgage upon personal property, alleged to be of the value of one hundred and lifiy dollars, given to secure the payment of seventy-live dollars. It was objected, that the District Court liad not jurisdiction of the case. The court overruled the objection ; there was judgment for the plaintiff.
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Decided 1851-07-01
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 1938
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¶1We are of opinion that the court did not err in overruling tlie exceptions to its jurisdiction. The matter in controversy was not only the debt, but the security given for its payment. The litigation comprehended, as well the subject-matter of the mortgage, as the debt; and that was alleged to be of value sufficient to give jurisdiction to tlie District Court. (Tarbox v. Kennan, 3 Tex. R., 7.)
¶2We are of opinion that the judgment be affirmed.
¶3Judgment affirmed.