Berry v. Consumer Credit of Valdosta, Inc.

Deen, Judge.

1. Where a trial court has no jurisdiction over the subject matter of an action, it can render no valid judgment except one of dismissal. Ga. R. & Banking Co. v. Redwine, 208 Ga. 261 (66 SE2d 234).

2. Prior to filing the present action against the appellant here, which is a suit on a note in the amount of $647.75 in the Superior Court of Lanier County, the plaintiff corporation had filed a suit on account in the same amount against the same defendant in the Small Claims Court of Lanier County (created under the provisions of Ga. L. 1967, p. 2624). The first case resulted in…