California Supreme Court, 1859

Simmons v. Brainard

Simmons v. Brainard
California Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1859 · Baldwin
14 Cal. 278
Simmons v. Brainard

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Opinion of the Court

Baldwin, J.

delivered the opinion of the Court—Field, C. J. concurring.

We have no jurisdiction in this case; the amount being less than two hundred dollars. The fact that an offset was pleaded by defendant, does not alter the case; if so, whenever an offset to the amount of two hundred dollars was set up in a Justice's Court, the jurisdiction would be ousted.

Appeal dismissed.

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