Standford v. Davidson

While I concur in the judgment and agree in substance with the above opinion, I feel compelled to set out my personal views as to the use of the word “jurisdiction.” In my opinion the term has been used far too loosely in many reported opinions and as a result has produced no small degree of equivocality.

“Jurisdiction of the subject-matter is the power to- deal with the general abstract question, to hear the particular facts in any *744case relating to this question, and to determine whether or not they are sufficient to invoke the exercise of that power.’.’ Melton v. Jenkins, 50 Ga. App. 615 (1)…