U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia November 15, 1823 (Cazenove v. Darrel)

Morsell, J.

Can consent give jurisdiction ? If, in order to give original jurisdiction to this Court, the parties should agree that the debt was 56 dollars, when the real debt was less than 50 dollars, could the jurisdiction of this Court be supported ?

The Court

(Thruston, J., absent,)

said they still considered the real debt, in this case, to be $56.