JOHNSON v. WILKINS


116 U.S. 392 (1886)

JOHNSON & Another v. WILKINS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.D. Thompson for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. C.C. Yonge, Sen'r, for defendant in error.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

There is nothing in this record from which it can fairly be inferred that the value of the matter in dispute exceeds five thousand dollars. The suit was ejectment, begun in a State court and removed to the Circuit Court of the United States, for a lot in Pensacola and the profits thereof since January 1, 1880, of the yearly value of five hundred dollars. The value...

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