Horwitz v. Wohlmuth

Citations

• 66 Pa. Super. 321
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 254

Syllabus

<p>Courts — Municipal Court of Philadelphia County — Jurisdiction —Six hundred dollar limit — Amendment—Certificate of amount.</p> <p>Where on a bill in equity for qn injunction filed, in the Municipal Court of Philadelphia County, it appeared that defendant had sold his business and stock of goods to plaintiff for $675, and had agreed not to engage in the same business within a radius of five full blocks, the court has jurisdiction to entertain the bill where the trial judge finds as a fact that the promise not to engage in the business was of the value of $400 and the plaintiff in his bill claimed no specific amount. In §uch a case after the court has entered a decree nisi against the defendant, it may permit the plaintiff to amend the bill so as to certify that $400 was the amount in controversy.</p>