Slaughter v. Slaughter’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “[I]n Price v. Price, 202 Miss. 268, 271-72 , 32 So.2d 124, 125 (1947), [we] stated "that the statute prescribing where the suit must be instituted is not a mere statute of venue that may be waived but one of jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit." Id., at 271-72 , 32 So.2d at 125 (citing Amis in Divorce in Mississippi, Sec. 240). See also Carter v. Carter, 278 So.2d 394, 396 (Miss.1973) (referencing a review of authorities which state in effect "that a divorce suit brought in the wrong county goes to the jurisdiction, and is not a mere matter of venue").”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 238 - National Heritage Realty v. Estate of Boles

2. “However, this Court has held that if a court that [sic] has no subject matter jurisdiction in a case the judgment is rendered void, not voidable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 947 So. 2d 238 - National Heritage Realty v. Estate of Boles