Board of Sup'rs v. Warden

Citations

• 115 Miss. 311
• 75 So. 382

Syllabus

<p>1. Courts. Jurisdiction. Estoppel.</p> <p>In a suit by road contractors against a county, where, under their contract, they were entitled to a certain compensation, the fact that the board of supervisors of the county erroneously estimated the amount due the contractors at too high a figure, did not estop the county from afterwards questioning the jurisdiction of the court to try the case on account of the amount really involved.</p> <p>2. Judgments. Jurisdiction. Amount involved.</p> <p>Where the maximum recovery to which plaintiff was entitled was one hundred and thirty-eight dollars the circuit court was without jurisdiction though the suit was brought for two hundred and ten dollars.</p>