MR. JUSTICE GRAY delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts as above reported, he continued:
The final judgment or decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in any case in which the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum of five thousand dollars, may be reviewed and reversed or affirmed in this court upon writ of error, if the judgment is at law, or upon appeal,
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