TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY v. SAUNDERS

No. 162.

151 U.S. 105 (1894)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. SAUNDERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Winslow S. Pierce for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James Turner for defendant in error.


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

We are of opinion that the writ of error must be dismissed because the judgment does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, exclusive of costs, and the jurisdiction of the court below was not involved within the meaning of the act of February 25, 1889, 25 Stat. 693, c. 236, empowering this court to review the judgments of Circuit Courts, when such is the fact. The order of October 26, 1888, of the...

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