Lewis v. Hickok

In the case of Shuster v. The North American Mortgage Loan Co. et al., 139 Ohio St., 315, 40 N. E. (2d), 130, we held:

“A decree, finding the general equities in favor of a party and ordering an accounting, is a final order from which an appeal may be perfected, although a further provision is included to carry into effect the rights settled.”

As this case has not been disposed of finally, the appeal is necessarily limited to two questions:

1. Did the court below have jurisdiction? — a question which may be raised at any stage of the cause or proceeding as to subject matter and as to person when…