2 Paige Ch. 323 | New York Court of Chancery | 1831
Previous to the adoption of the present revised statutes it was the settled law of this court that it would not entertain jurisdiction of a cause where the matter in controversy, and for which the suit was brought, was less than £10 sterling. It was so held by Chancellor Sanford in Mitchell v. Tighe, (1 Hopk. Rep. 119,) in a case like the present, where one year’s interest only was due on a mortgage for $500 ; the principal of which had not then become payable. And in Fullerton v. Jackson, (5 Johns. Ch. Rep. 276,) on a bill filed for $28 interest due on a legacy of $200, payable at a future day, Chancellor Kent dismissed the bill at the hearing; although the executors put in an answer admitting
The bill must therefore be dismissed, but without prejudice to any of the complainant’s rights.