Henry Billings Brown,
Gorman v. Havird — Opinion of the Court
“ This was also a compliance with the Idaho statute, which inhibited only payment of that salary while the contest was pending.It is true, as a general rule, that where judgment goes for the defendant, the amount of the plaintiff's claim is the test of jurisdiction; but this rule is subject to the qualification that the demand shall appear to have been made in good faith for such amount. If it appear clearly from the whole record that under no aspect of the case the plaintiff could recover the full amount of his claim, this court will decline to assume jurisdiction of the case. ”
