615 So. 2d 635 - Sloop v. Sloop’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““Our supreme court has held that ‘[t]he question of jurisdiction is always fundamental, and if there is an absence of jurisdiction over either the person or the subject matter, a court has no power to act....’ Mobile & Gulf Railroad Co. v. Crocker, 455 So.2d 829, 831 (Ala.1984) (citation omitted). In this case, the trial court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over this action. ‘A court without jurisdiction cannot render a valid decision.’ Berry v. Pike County Board of Education, 448 So.2d 815, 817 (Ala.1984). Since the trial court lacked jurisdiction, its judgment ... was without effect. Accordingly, we find that the judgment of the trial court is void. It is well-settled law in Alabama that a void judgment will not support an appeal. Underwood v. State, 439 So.2d 125 (Ala.1983). “ ‘This court can acquire no jurisdiction of such an appeal even by consent of the parties ..., and we must take notice of our own want of jurisdiction apparent on the record. The appeal in this case must therefore be dismissed.’ “Straszewicz v. Gallman, 342 So.2d 1322, 1322 (Ala.Civ.App.1977).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 780 So. 2d 696 - James v. State