Cooke v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Cooke v. United States, 69 U.S. 218 (1864)
17 L. Ed. 755; 2 Wall. 218; 1864 U.S. LEXIS 424
Cooke v. United States
Opinion
It does not appear that the proposition has'been accepted; and if not, the amount in controversy remains unaffected. But had the alleged reduction 'been made by an actual payment, the jurisdiction of the court would not be taken away. The jurisdictional facts existed at the time of issuing and serving the writ of error. By its issue and service the court obtained jurisdiction over the 'cause, and this jurisdiction once acquired, cannot be taken away by any change in the value of the subject of controversy.
Motion overruled and case retained.
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- 1. The mere fact that an act of Congress authorizes a judgment obtained' by the Government against a party, to he discharged by the payment of a sum less than $2000, is no ground to ask a dismissal of a case of ■which the'court had properly obtained jurisdiction before the act passed. The party may not ohoose thus to settle the judgment, but prefer to try to reverse it altogether. 2. 'When the sum in controversy is large enough to give thé court jurisdiction of a casé, such jurisdiction once properly obtained, is not taken away by a,subsequent reduction of the sum below the amount requisite.