Waters v. . Melson

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• “A decision [under general jurisdiction] ... would be entitled to no force and effect in so far as the court in rendering it overstepped its acquired jurisdiction or its powers under the law.”
• evidence of whether the property was a homestead could be considered in collateral proceedings because homestead property had been statutorily withdrawn from the jurisdiction of the probate court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).