DENNISON
v.
ALEXANDER

U.S. | 1880-10-01
103 U.S. 522 Supreme Court of the United States (1880) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 26 L. Ed. 313 · 1880 U.S. LEXIS 2149 · SCDB 1880-050
Cited by 4 cases

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Synopsis

The Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia because the matter in dispute fell below the $2,500 jurisdictional threshold established by an 1879 federal statute, which eliminated the Court's authority to hear cases from that court regardless of whether they had been previously filed under the older $1,000 threshold. The Court held that the repealing statute operated on all pending cases without exception, removing jurisdiction over disputes involving lesser amounts.

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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief Justice Waite

Mr. Chief Justice Waite delivered the opinion of the court.

We think this case is governed by Railroad Company v. Grand, 98 U. S. 398. In that case we held that the act of .Feb. 25, 1879, c. 99, sects. 4, 5 (20 Stat. 320), took away our' tight to hear and determine cases from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia where the matter in dispute did not exceed $2,500, and that it operated on pending cases which had been brought here under the provision^ of sect. 847 of tbe Revised Statutes relating to the District. This case came here under sect. 848, which provided for the allowance of appeals and writs of error by the justices of this court under certain circumstances, when the matter in dispute was less-than- $1,000, the then general jurisdictional amount, but exceeded $100. There is no reservation in the repealing, act' as to this class of pending - cases any more than the other. Both sections have reference to the same general subject-matter, that is to say, our review of the judgments and decrees of the Supreme Court of the District in cases where jurisdiction has been made to depend on the value of the matter in dispute. Under the act of 1879 we can no longer hear any of that class of cases, unless the'amount exceeds- $2,500.

Appeal dismissed, each party to pay his own costs.

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  • United States ex rel. Trask v. Wanamaker, 147 U.S. 149 (U.S. 1893)
    …ided for the allowance of appeals and writs of error by the justices of this court under special circumstances, are no longer in foroe. Act of February 25, 1879, c. 99, 20 Stat. 320, c. 99; Railroad Co. v. Grant, 98 U. S. 398; Dennison v. Alexander, 103 U. S. 522; Act of March 3, 1885, 23 Stat. 443, c. 355; Cross v. Burke, 146 U. S. 82, 87. The sum in .dispute on this record, exclusive of costs, is more than one thousand and less than five thousand dollars. It is well settled that our appellate jurisdiction…
  • In re Schneider, 13 S. Ct. 572 (U.S. 1893)
    …appeal is denied upon the authority of Cross v. Burke, 146 U. S. 82; In re Heath, Petitioner, 144 U. S. 92; Cross, Petitioner, 146 U. S. 271; Cross v. United States, 145 U. S. 571. See also Railroad Co. v. Grant, 98 U. S. 398; Dennison v. Alexander, 103 U. S. 522; United States ex rel. Trask v. Wanamaker, 147 U. S. 149. Writ denied.…

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