Doty v. Krutz

Citations

• 13 Wash. 169
• 43 P. 17
• 1895 Wash. LEXIS 68

Syllabus

<p>appeals — Amount in controversy—when validity op statute INVOLVED.</p> <p>The amount alleged in the ad damnum clause in a complaint and for which judgment is prayed, although in excess of the sum of $200, will not authorize an appeal to the supreme court, when it is evident from the pleadings that the original amount in controversy is less than $200.</p> <p>The validity of a statute is not involved within the meaning of the constitutional inhibition on appeals, where 1he questions involving the statute are merely as to whether an action is properly brought under the statute, whether a recovery can be had under the statute, or whether there is any statute- governing the- particular action.</p>