claiming they lost or stole his personal property when he was previously transferred from the Connally Unit to the Luther Unit. Allen valued the property at $295. Appellees filed an answer and a plea to the jurisdiction, asserting that the damages sought by Allen were not within the jurisdictional limits of the district court. The trial court granted the plea and dismissed Appellant’s petition for lack of jurisdiction. Allen file'd this appeal and contends that the minimum jurisdictional limit for lawsuits in district court is $200.01. Appellees argued in the trial court that the minimum jurisdictional limit was $500. However, appellees now agree with Allen that the minimum jurisdictional limit of the district court WL 1303187, at *2 (Tex.App.-Waco June 1, 2005, pet. denied) (mem. op.) (<HOLDING>) with Chapa v. Spivey, 999 S.W.2d 833, 836
holding that the district court was not divested of subject matter jurisdiction upon the dismissal of the plaintiffs federal claims holding that the amountincontroversy requirement for district court subject matter jurisdiction is 50000 holding that the federal district court had no subject matter jurisdiction to review the courts denial of a particular application for admission to the district of columbia bar holding district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because the document before the district court in this instance is not a vehicle for any recognized legal remedy under the rules holding that the district court did not have jurisdiction and remanding the matter to state court