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It is within the discretion of a circuit court of the United States, sitting in the Texas, if a plaintiff appears in open court and remits a part of the clubjuris

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verdict in his favor, to make the proper reduction and enter judgment accordingly.

If by such remission the judgment be reduced to $5,000 or less, errors in the record will be shut out from reexamination in cases where the jurisdiction of this Court depends upon a larger amount being involved in the controversy.

Motion to dismiss for want of jurisdiction.