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JEWELL v. KNIGHT

123 U.S. 426 (1887)

JEWELL v. KNIGHT.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin Harrison and Mr. Horace Speed for appellants.

Mr. Joseph E. McDonald and Mr. Ferdinand Winter for appellees. Mr. John M. Butler was with them on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

The claim of each plaintiff being for less than $5000, the amount in dispute, as was admitted at the bar, is insufficient of itself to give this court jurisdiction. Stewart v. Dunham, 115 U.S. 61; Gibson v. Shufeldt, 122 U.S. 27.

The jurisdiction of this case therefore depends...

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