Questão jurídica principal
Whether the civil appeal was admissible despite low individual amounts in multiple joined tenancy claims.
Decisão extraída
The claims could be aggregated because the cases were effectively joined on appeal and decided in one judgment, so the dispute value exceeded the federal threshold.
Fundamentação extraída
Aggregation under Art. 52 BGG applies when multiple claims are joined before the court below and resolved in a single decision; voluntary initial joinder is not required.