LITTLE ET AL. v. HALL ET AL.


59 U.S. 165 (1855)

18 How. 165

EDWIN C. LITTLE AND OLIVER SCOVILL, APPELLANTS, v. LEVI W. HALL, ANTHONY GOULD, DAVID BANKS, WILLIAM GOULD, AND DAVID BANKS, JR.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Seward, for the plaintiffs in error, and Mr. Haven, for the defendants.


Mr. Justice McLEAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from the decree of the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of New York.

A want of jurisdiction to sustain this appeal was alleged by counsel, as it does not appear from the record that the amount in controversy exceeds the sum of two thousand dollars; but this objection was obviated by an affidavit, which stated that the...

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