Railroad Company v. Trook

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Railroad Company v. Trook
by Morrison Waite
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United States Supreme Court

100 U.S. 112

Railroad Company  v.  Trook

MOTION to dismiss a writ of error to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Trook, in an action in the court below against the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company, recovered judgment, Feb. 19, 1877, for $4,000 and costs of suit. A motion for a new trial was then made on exceptions taken during the progress of the cause, and on account of excessive damages. Trook entered a remittitur of $1,500, and the judgment was ultimately affirmed at a hearing in general term. The company then removed the case here by writ of error, which Trook moves to dismiss, on the ground that this court, under the act of Feb. 25, 1879 (20 Stat. 320), has no jurisdiction, as the 'matter in dispute exclusive of costs' does not exceed 'the value of $2,500.'

Mr. James G. Payne in support of the motion.

Mr. Enoch Totten, contra.

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

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