Allen v. Baker

Reid, Chief Justice.’

1. “The judgment of a court having no jurisdiction of the person or subject-matter, or void for any other cause, is a mere nullity, and may be so held in any court when it becomes material to the interest of the parties to consider it.” Code, § 110-709. Accordingly, while the power to enforce a decree for alimony by attachment for contempt by the judges of the superior courts of this State is adequate (Code, § 30-204; Van Dyke v. Van Dyke, 125 Ga. 491, 54 S. E. 537; Gorman v. Gorman, 147 Ga. 433; Woodall v. Woodall, 147 Ga. 676, 94 S. E. 555), yet, if in such a proceeding…