675; epee ton v. Schmidt, 26 Cal. 404, 95 Am. Dec. 187 —Inferential facts. Such as are established not directly by testimony or other evidence, but by inferences or conclusions drawn from the evidence. Railway Co. vy. Miller, 141 Ind. 533, o7 N. EB. 343.—Jurisdictional facts. Those matters of fact which must exist before the court can properly take jurisdiction of the particular case, as, that the defendant has been roperly served with process, that the amount n controversy exceeds a certain sum, that the arties are citizens of different states, etc. Noale v. Railroad Co., 147 U. S. 165, 18 Sup. Ct. 271, 37 L. Ed. 123.—Material fact. (In contracts.) One which constitutes substantially the consideration of the contract, or without which it would not have been made. Lyons v.