Schacker Vs. Hartford Fire Insurance Company - Court Judgment

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CourtUS Supreme Court
Decided On1876
Case Number93 U.S. 241
AppellantSchacker
RespondentHartford Fire Insurance Company
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schacker v. hartford fire insurance company - 93 u.s. 241 (1876) u.s. supreme court schacker v. hartford fire insurance company, 93 u.s. 241 (1876) schacker v. hartford fire insurance company 93 u.s. 241 error to the circuit court of the united states for the northern district of illinois syllabus the doctrine in lee v. watson, 1 wall. 337, that, "in an action upon a money demand, where the general issue is pleaded, the matter in dispute is the debt claimed, and its amount, as stated in the body of the declaration, and not merely the damages alleged or the prayer for judgment at its conclusion must be considered in determining whether this court can take jurisdiction," affirmed and applied to the present case. .....
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Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company - 93 U.S. 241 (1876)
U.S. Supreme Court Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company, 93 U.S. 241 (1876)

Schacker v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company

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93 U.S. 241

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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED

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STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

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Syllabus

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The doctrine in Lee v. Watson, 1 Wall. 337, that,

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"in an action upon a money demand, where the general issue is pleaded, the matter in dispute is the debt claimed, and its amount, as stated in the body of the declaration, and not merely the damages alleged or the prayer for judgment at its conclusion must be considered in determining whether this Court can take jurisdiction,"

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affirmed and applied to the present case.

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Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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On opening this record, we find that the action below was assumpsit upon a policy of insurance for $1,400. There are two counts in the declaration, but they are both upon the same cause of action, and although the damages, both in the writ and declaration, and laid at $3,000, it is apparent from the whole record that there could not be a recovery in any event for more than $1,400 and interest from July 14, 1873.

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Our jurisdiction, when this writ issued, was limited in cases of this character to those in which the "matter in dispute, exclusive of costs, exceeds the sum or value of $2,000." Rev.Stat., sec. 692. Now, in the same class of cases, where

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Page 93 U. S. 242

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a judgment or decree has been rendered since May 1, 1875, the amount must be $5,000. 18 Stat. 316.

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In Lee v. Watson, 1 Wall. 337, we held, that

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"In an action upon a money demand, where the general issue is pleaded, the matter in dispute is the debt claimed, and its amount, as stated in the body of the declaration, and not merely the damages alleged or the prayer for judgment at its conclusion must be considered in determining whether this court can take jurisdiction."

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Applying this rule, which is clearly right, to the present case, it is ordered that the writ of error be

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Dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

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