SMITH v. MERRITT

38123.

101 Ga. App. 290 (1960)

113 S.E.2d 639

SMITH v. MERRITT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided March 17, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merritt & Pruitt, Glyndon C. Pruitt, D. Carl Tallant, for plaintiff in error.

Leon Boling, contra.


CARLISLE, Judge.

1. "The judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction may not be collaterally attacked in any other court for irregularity, but shall be taken and held as a valid judgment until it is reversed or set aside." Code § 110-708. A court of ordinary being a court of general jurisdiction (Perkins v. Attaway, 14 Ga. 27 (2)), its judgments duly and regularly entered are subject to the foregoing rule, and jurisdiction of the person and subject...

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