McCloon v. Beattie
Supreme Court of Missouri
Jlppeal from Fifth District Court. No court can rightfully render judgment in a cause until it has acquired complete jurisdiction oyer the parties, the subject-matter and the process. Judgment rendered without such jurisdiction is void. (Penobscot R.R.
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Jlppeal from Fifth District Court. No court can rightfully render judgment in a cause until it has acquired complete jurisdiction oyer the parties, the subject-matter and the process. Judgment rendered without such jurisdiction is void. (Penobscot R.R. Co. v. Weeks, 52 Me. 456; Sanders v. Rains et al., 10 Mo. 770 ; Caldwell v. Lockridge, 9 Mo. 368; Bigelow v. Stearns, 19 Johns. 39 ; Smiffch v. Rice, 11 Mass. 507; Corwin v. Merritt, 3 Barb. 345 ; 26 Conn. 273 ; Smith v. Mc-Cutchen, 38 Mo. 416 ; 12 Ill. 358.) The record of inferior courts should affirmatively show jurisdiction. (Burch v.…
1Opinion of the CourtBliss, Judge
The plaintiff sued out before a justice of the peace of Buchanan county a writ of attachment against one Austin, and summoned defendant Beattie as garnishee. Boattie appealed to the District Court from the judgment rendered against him, when again the plaintiff recovered judgment, and the case is brought here after an affirmance by the District Court.
The record is attacked for various errors and irregularities both *392before the justice and in the Circuit Court; bht we will only consider one. It does not appear that the debtor, Austin, was ever brought into court. He was not found, and never…
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