MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
After stating the facts as above reported, he continued: This court cannot take cognizance of this case. The matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, does not exceed the sum or value of $5000. Rev. Stat., §§ 690, 691; Act of February 16, 1875, c. 77, §§ 3, 4, 18 Stat. 315; Richardson's Suppl. Rev. Stat. 136.
It was, perhaps, supposed that our jurisdiction could be sustained under the...
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