inferior courts

All courts from which an appeal lies are inferior courts in relation to the appellate court before which their judgment may be carried; but they are not therefore inferior courts in the technical sense of those words. They apply to courts of a special and limited jurisdiction, which are erected on such principles that their judgments, taken alone, are entirely disregarded, and the proceedings must show their jurisdiction.

By this term are understood all courts except the supreme courts. An inferior court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and it must appear on the face of its proceedings that it has jurisdiction, or its proceedings will be void. 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2529.

An Inferior court Is a court of special and limited Jurisdiction; it must appear on the face of its proceedings process, or Its proceedings will be void. Cooley, Const Llm. 608. Another distinction between superior and inferior courts is: in the latter case, a want of Jurisdiction may be shown even in opposition to the recitals contained In the record; id. 509; citing Sheldon v. Wright 6 N. Y. 497; Sears v. Terry, 26 Conn. 273; this is the general rule, though there arej apparent exceptions of those cases where the Jurisdiction may be said to depend upon the existence of a certain state of facts, which must be passed upon by the courts themselves, and in respect to which the decision of the court once rendered, if there was any evidence whatever on which to base it, must be held final and conclusive in all collateral inquiries, notwithstanding it may have erred in Its conclusions; Cooley, Const Dim. 609, citing 1 B. & B. 432; Freem. Jndg. $ 623; Wanzer v. Howland, 10 Wis. 16. INFICIATIO (Lat). In Civil Law. Denial. Denial of fact alleged by plaintiff, — especially, a denial of debt or deposit. Voc. Jur. Utr.; Calvinus, Lex.

By this term are understood all courts except the supreme courts. -