Harter v. Johnston

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Marion.

The Court is of the opinion that appellants’ first, second, and third exceptions are well taken, and should be sustained. Even if it should be conceded that Judge N. G. Evans, holding the Court of Common Pleas for Barnwell County under a special commission, had j urisdiction to make the orders in a cause pending in another County in a different Circuit, such jurisdiction could in no event be acquired without the consent of the real parties in interest to the controversy which was attempted to be adjudicated. That controversy was…