Wright v. Atwood
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to foreclose mortgage. Judgment of dismissal. Plaintiff appeals. The phrase “subject matter” as used in an inquiry as to the jurisdiction means the thing in issue or the authority of the court to exercise judicial power over the class of cases or proceedings to which the one under consideration belongs.
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APPEAL from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, for Ada County. Hon. Carl A. Davis, Judge. Action to foreclose mortgage. Judgment of dismissal. Plaintiff appeals. The phrase “subject matter” as used in an inquiry as to the jurisdiction means the thing in issue or the authority of the court to exercise judicial power over the class of cases or proceedings to which the one under consideration belongs. (Brown on Jurisdiction, sec. la; Richardson v. Ruddy, 15 Ida. 494, 98 Pae. 842; Tube City etc. Co. v. Otterson, 16 Ariz. 305, 146 Pac. 203.) If the court has jurisdiction of the…
1Opinion of the CourtLee, J.
This is an action brought by R. B. Wright, as guardian of the persons and estates of Joseph Albert, John William, Floyd Craig and Margaret Ruth Rankin, minors, and Florence Ethel Rankin, now Riley, against A. A. Atwood, as guardian of the estate of Donald Theodore Atwood, formerly James Edgar Rankin, a minor, and said Donald Theodore Atwood, a minor, to foreclose a mortgage given by respondent A. A. Atwood, as guardian of said Donald Theodore Atwood, for compensation on account of inequality in partial partition of property owned by said Rankins, who are all heirs at law of J. E. Rankin,…
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