Smith v. Rosenheim

Citations

• 79 Va. 540
• 1884 Va. LEXIS 110

Syllabus

<p>1. Appellate Court—Jurisdiction.—The test of jurisdiction in this court to entertain an appeal from a decree of the court below enforcing on land the lien of a judgment, is the amount or value of the judgment. If such amount or value fall below $500, this court has no jurisdiction to review such decree.</p> <p>2. Idem—Idem—Homestead.—As respects jurisdiction, the case is not altered by the fact that in the progress of the cause in the court below a claim of homestead in the land was asserted by the defendant.</p>