Sherman v. Babcock

Citations

• 92 Wash. 546
• 159 P. 781
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 804

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Amount in Controversy —■ Pleadings — Interest. The amount in controversy limiting the right of appeal being determined by the pleadings, appeal does not lie where the demand in the complaint, with interest thereon to the time of the commencement of the action, was less than $200.</p> <p>Same — Amount in Controversy — Presumption. The amount involved determining the jurisdiction on appeal must affirmatively appear and will pot be presumed where the principal demanded is less than $200, and the date when interest started is not given.</p> <p>Same — Amount in Controversy — Pleadings- — ■ Offer of Proof. Where the complaint fails to show the jurisdictional amount on appeal, the defect is not cured by offer of proofs tending to show a sum due when the action was commenced in excess of the constitutional limit.</p>