Clay Center v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.

Citations

• 145 U.S. 224
• 12 S. Ct. 817
• 36 L. Ed. 685
• 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2134

Syllabus

<p>When, in an action to recover an instalment of rent, the judgment below is for less than $5000, this court is without appellate jurisdiction although the judgment involved the existence and validity of the contract of lease, and thus indirectly an amount in excess of the jurisdictional .limit.</p>