Jackson & Sons v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co.

The plaintiff’s objections to the entertainment of the defendant’s objections to proceeding with the action in this jurisdiction, present no question of law. They concern matters relating to the rules of the superior court and their application or suspension. Cases involving an issue of jurisdiction over a party have no pertinence to this controversy. It is true that consent will confer that feature of jurisdiction. But where the issue concerns jurisdiction over the subject-matter a different rule prevails. Consent cannot confer a non-existent jurisdiction of subject-matter (Mansfield v.…