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ARTEAGA v. JACKSON

No. 06-99-00030-CV.

994 S.W.2d 342 (1999)

Ben ARTEAGA, Appellant, v. Willie F. JACKSON, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Decided June 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Arteaga, New Boston, pro se.

Willie F. Jackson, New Boston, pro se.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., GRANT and ROSS, JJ.

OPINION

Opinion by Chief Justice CORNELIUS.

Ben Arteaga appeals from an order dismissing his lawsuit for want of jurisdiction. The district court dismissed the lawsuit because the amount of the claim set out in Arteaga's petition was below the minimum jurisdictional threshold for the court. On appeal, Arteaga contends that he sought $700.00, an amount within the jurisdictional limits, and seeks reversal.

Historically, a district court's minimum amount...

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