Wood v. Goodson

At the threshold of every case there is an important barrier that must be surmounted before any action by any court is warranted or permissible. That is the question of the court’s jurisdiction both of the subject matter and of the persons of the parties. I feel compelled to register my protest because the majority has ignored this barrier and has neither climed or hurdled it. But it has not gone away. The very first pleading filed by petitioner was a special appearance asserting that the extraterritorial service of the citation for contempt did not confer jurisdiction upon the circuit court…