Beasley v. Glassell

Citations

• 110 La. 230
• 34 So. 424
• 1903 La. LEXIS 614

Syllabus

<p>SUPREME COURT — JURISDICTION—AMOUNT INVOLVED — TRESPASS—BOUNDARIES.</p> <p>1. Whether the suit be considered as an action in boundary or an action in damages for trespass, the Supreme Court is without jurisdiction ratione materias.</p> <p>2. As relates to boundary, the value of the land between the line claimed by plaintiff and that claimed by defendant is not shown.</p> <p>3. As relates to trespass, no attempt was made to prove that plaintiff is entitled to punitive damages. The real amount, as shown by the evidence produced at the trial, governs as a question of jurisdiction when the pleadings are not such «as to satisfy the appellate court that the amount in controversy is within its jurisdiction.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>