Grow v. Grow
Grow v. Grow
Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
Dismissing.
Before the rendition of the judgment, appellee contended that the former judgment of this court was not conclusive of the question of property rights, and that there was other property not on appellant’s farm that he was entitled to. This question was decided adversely to appellee. From that judgment appellee was granted, and has been allowed, a cross appeal.
Appellee has made a motion to dismiss the appeal on the ground -that the amount in controversy is not sufficient to give this court jurisdiction.
Section 950, Ky. Stats., is as follows:
“No appeal shall Tb-e taken to the court of appeals from a judgment for the recovery of money or personal property, if the value in controversy be less than two hundred dollars, exclusive of interest and cost;> nor to reverse a judgment granting a divorce or punishing contempt, nor from any order or judgment of a county court, except in actions for the division of land and allotment of dower, nor from any order or judgment of a quarterly, city, police, fiscal or justice’s court, nor from a bond having the force of a judgment. In all other cases, the court of appeals'shall have appellate jurisdiction over the final orders and judgments of all courts.”
As appellant asked for an allowance of $250.00 for her attorney, and was allowed only $100.00, manifestly the amount in controversy is only $150.00, together with
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