LEE v. WATSON


68 U.S. 337 (1863)

1 Wall. 337

LEE ET AL v. WATSON.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Lee and Fisher for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Fendall contra.


Mr. Justice FIELD delivered the opinion of the court:

It appears from the certificate of the presiding judge of the court below, indorsed on the writ of error, that the writ and original declaration in the case showed that the amount in controversy did not exceed one thousand dollars, and that the evidence offered by the plaintiffs at the trial showed that it did not exceed seven hundred dollars; and that in the progress of the cause an amendment was made in the amount...

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