Wood v. W. P. Brown & Sons Lumber Co.

Atkinson, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is the duty of this court upon its own motion to raise the question of its jurisdiction in all cases in which there may be any doubt as to the existence of such jurisdiction; and the present case is one calling for such inquiry. McDowell v. McDowell, 194 Ga. 88, 91 (20 S. E. 2d, 602), and cit.

The Code, §§ 85-1501 et seq. provides for proceedings to partition lands. While the defendant in its answer prayed “that commissioners be appointed to partition the timber on said property by selling the standing timber,” etc., the order of the…