" It is settled in this state that there is no vested right of appeal, and that such right is the subject of legislative discretion to be given or withheld as the legislature 1, 2. sees fit. Collins v. Laybold (1914), 182 Ind. 126, 133, 104 N.E. 971. As the amount herein in controversy, exclusive of interest and costs, does not exceed $50.00, and the case not being within any of the exceptions enumerated in section 4-213, Burns, supra, an appeal by appellant (defendant below) from the judgment of $31.00 rendered against him by the lower court is forbidden by section 4-211, Burns, supra, and this court has no authority to entertain this appeal. See Siebert v. City of Evansville (1924), 195 Ind. 189, 144 N.E. 841; Pittsburgh, etc., R. Co. v. Sneath Glass Co. (1914), 183 Ind. 138, 107 N.E. 72; Sears v. Carpenter (1905), 164 Ind. 584, 74 N.E. 244; Luten v. Illsley (1927), 86 Ind. App. 619, 158 N.E. 925; Jerzakowski v. City of South Bend (1924), 82 Ind. App. 132, 145 N.E. 520. Appellee filed a motion to dismiss this appeal for various reasons, but the question of jurisdiction is not raised in the motion.