DURHAM v. SEYMOUR

No. 769.

161 U.S. 235 (1896)

DURHAM v. SEYMOUR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1896.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Levin H. Campbell for the motion.

Mr. J. Nota McGill and Mr. Don M. Dickinson opposing.


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

Appeals to this court from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia are governed by section 8 of the act of February 9, 1893. It is essential to our jurisdiction that it should appear that the matter in dispute in the courts below was money to an amount exceeding five thousand dollars exclusive of costs, or some right, the value of which could be ascertained...

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