McCourtney v. Morrow

If the court had jurisdiction, the power to act must have been acquired in a timely manner, attended by procedural propriety. Then why say that we do not pass on these questions f The point is emphasized because in affirming the judgment the trial Court’s jurisdiction is necessarily recognized. The record discloses that some of the cost items in controversy were approved, while others were disallowed. Since jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent, the judgment comes from a Court, or it doesn’t. Furthermore, we had previously told the litigants that McOourtney’s right to question the cost…