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Case No. 12,924.
SKINNER v. McCAFFREY.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 193.]1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1819.
JURY—FEES—JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT.
If the verdict be below the jurisdiction of the court, the jury is not entitled to the fee of twelve shillings.
[Cited in Hellrigle v. Dulaney, Case No. 6,343.]
In an action of assumpsit, the jury brought in a verdict for thirteen dollars. This court has not jurisdiction in cases under twenty dollars, and therefore could not render a judgment. It became a question whether a jury was entitled to the fee of twelve shillings.
THE COURT refused to order either party to pay the fee.
1 [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]
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