Lamberton v. Pawloski

1. Jurisdiction. Should this court decline to consider this case because the circuit court for the county of Berrien, in chancery, had no jurisdiction to enter a decree therein? The strip of land in dispute is of comparatively small value. The record on appeal contains 154 pages. Much expense was necessarily incurred by both parties in the preparation and trial of the case. Unless prevented from doing so by a statute or rule of law firmly imbedded in our jurisprudence, we should dispose of the controversy upon its merits.

In their bill of complaint plaintiffs claim title to the strip in…