Peters v. Carner

Citations

• 183 Pa. 65
• 38 A. 509
• 1897 Pa. LEXIS 714

Syllabus

<p>Practice — Supreme Court — Superior Court — Jurisdiction as determined by amount — Act of June 24, 1895.</p> <p>Where a plaintiff in his statement claims an amount in excess of $1,000, and the jury returns a verdict less than $1,000, subject to a question of law reserved, and the court subsequently entei’s judgment for tho defendant non obstante veredicto, from which judgment plaintiff appeals, assigning for error the refusal of the court to enter judgment on the verdict, he thus, by his pleadings, limits his claim to the amount of the verdict, and the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction.</p>