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- Title: Buckstaff v. Russell
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 05, 1894
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court. 1. It is suggested that the amount in dispute is less than five thousand dollars. This point is not well taken. The amount for which Russell & Co. sued in their original petition was $4206.07, with interest from October 9, 1888. That amount was increased by the supplemental petition to $5882.20. The plaintiffs in error, who were defendants below, denied their liability in any sum, and, by way of counter claim, in accordance with the practice in Nebraska, asked for judgment against Russell & Co. in the sum of $10,000. The verdict and judgment were in favor of the plaintiff and for the sum of $4450. That sum, and the amount sued for in the counter claim, are in dispute upon this writ of error. This court, therefore, has jurisdiction.