Salina, Lincoln & Western Railway Co. v. Conger
Salina, Lincoln & Western Railway Co. v. Conger
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
This is an action brought in the district court, of Rooks county by the defendant in error, as plaintiff, to, recover from the Salina, Lincoln &
Three separate motions were filed by the defendant, one to set aside the special findings of the jury, one for judgment on the special findings, and one for a new trial, all of which were overruled by the court; and these rulings, with other alleged errors occurring upon the trial, are by the railway company assigned as error in this court.
The defendant in error contends that this court has no jurisdiction to review the alleged errors, as it does not affirmatively appear from the record that the amount or -value in controversy, exclusive of costs, exceeds $100, or that this case comes within the excepted classes mentioned in section 542a of the code, which provides that "no appeal or proceeding in error shall be had or taken to the supreme court in any civil action unless the amount or value in controversy, exclusive of costs, shall exceed $100,” except in certain classes of cases therein mentioned. The record contains all the proceedings down to and including the order overruling the motion for a new trial, with proper exceptions to the rulings of the court, and the order granting time to prepare-and serve a case-made for the supreme court, and closes with the following statement: ‘‘The foregoing contains a true, full and correct statement of all pleadings, motions, orders, evidence, findings and proceedings upon which judgment was rendered.” • But the record does not contain the journal entry of judgment, nor is there before this court anything outside of the statement
“Where the damages claimed in a civil action by the plaintiff exceed $100, but the judgment is for the plaintiff for $100 only, exclusive of costs, and the defendant prosecutes a proceeding in error, the supreme court has not jurisdiction, for the amount or value in controversy, as to such defendant, is fixed by the judgment.”
In this case, the damages claimed were only $95; and, as under the decision of the supreme court in A. T. & S. F. Rld. Co. v. Edwards, 20 Kan. 531, an attorney fee could not properly be recovered, if any presumption were to be indulged in, it would be that the court rendered such a judgment as the plaintiff was entitled to, which could not in any event exceed $95 exclusive of costs. The record brought to this court must affirmatively show that the court has jurisdiction. In the absence of such a showing, the petition in error must be dismissed.
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