Ham v. Louisiana & N. W. R.

Citations

• 136 La. 1083
• 68 So. 133
• 1915 La. LEXIS 1949

Syllabus

<p>(Syllabus by the Court.) ,</p> <p>Courts <&wkey;224^JuRisDicTiON of Supreme Court — Amount Involved.</p> <p>This court will not assume jurisdiction of a case where the plaintiff first sued for damages in an amount below our jurisdiction and, after the suit was dismissed on an exception of no cause of action, sued on the same cause of action for a sum within our jurisdiction, without referring to the former suit or assigning any reason for increasing the demand, and where the judgment rendered is for a sum far below our jurisdiction.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — Eor other cases, see Courts, Cent. Dig. §§ 487, 608, 609, 614, 616, 617; Dec. Dig. <&wkey;224J</p>