Wilson v. Westwater

HORNBECK, PJ.

The petition sets up five grounds of error. We will discuss them generally. Plaintiff in error contends that as the Common Pleas Court has general jurisdiction on appeal in cases such as the instant case, the defendant in error, by his motion, subjected himself to the jurisdiction of the Common Pleas Court. The defendant in error, in the motion, very carefully avoided entering personal appearance and in appropriate language directed the motion solely to the jurisdiction of the court of the subject matter.

The general statute relating to an appeal from the Probate Court to the…