Anderson v. Turner

(After stating the foregoing facts.) While it is true that a court of general jurisdiction is assumed, either expressly or impliedly, to adjudicate the question of jurisdiction of the subject-matter, whenever it takes jurisdiction and renders judgment (Milner v. Neel, 114 Ga. 118, 121, 39 S. E. 890), and while it is also true that unless it plainly and palpably appears that the court was without such jurisdiction the judgment would not be void, since such an adjudication eliminates any question of such doubt, even though the judgment be in fact erroneous for *430lack of legal jurisdiction of the…