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WISE & LYNN v. THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY
11 U.S. 2767 Cranch 276·Supreme Court of the United States·1812
Present....Jill the Judges.
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Opinion
WISE & LYNN v. THE COLUMBIAN TURNPIKE COMPANY.
Present....Jill the Judges.
SP°eiTor to • the echcuit Court for the lambía,°this" Cou.t ha? no jurisdiction, if the sum warded beless than iOO dot-aSgreater°sum mayhave beep eiafme"/ •
x nE Columbian Turnpike Company obtained a rule uPon the Plaintiffs in error, Wise and Lynn, to show, cause why this writ of error should not be dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the matter in dispute being less than 100 dollars, and. the writ of error being to the Circuit Court for the district of Columbia,
March 14,
[MAJORITY]
Upon the return of the rule, ft appearing that the gum awarded was only 4S dollars, the Court, all thé Judges being present, decided that they fiad no jurisdiction, although' the sum claimed by Wise Sf Lynn, before the commissioners of the road, was more than 100 dollars. 1
Writ of error dismissed.