100 Ga. 160 | Ga. | 1897
1. To substantiate the proposition announced in the first head-note, it is only necessary to examine the act to which reference is made. Acts 1896, p. 45.
2. Jurisdiction of the person and subject-matter is essential to the validity of a judgment. As to the former, it may be waived; as to the latter, it may not. So far as appears from the record, the subject-matter of the litigation involved in the claim case was within the jurisdiction of the justice’s
"We conclude, therefore, that the court erred in not holding the plaintiff estopped by the judgment in the claim case, and in excluding from-the jury the evidence offered by the defendant in support of his title.
Judgment reversed.