Case Name: F. T. Edgar et al v. Robert Lenz et al.
Court: Cuyahoga Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1906-06-04
Citations: 31 Ohio C.C. Dec. 610
Docket Number: 
Parties: F. T. Edgar et al v. Robert Lenz et al.
Judges: Henry, Marvin and Winch, JJ.
Reporter: Ohio Circuit Court Decisions
Volume: 31
Pages: 610–611

Head Matter:
APPEALS — COURT.
[Cuyahoga (8th) Circuit Court,
June 4, 1906.]
Henry, Marvin and Winch, JJ.
F. T. Edgar et al v. Robert Lenz et al.
1. No Appeals from Justice of the Peace to Insolvency Court.
The insolvency court of Cuyahoga county has ho jurisdiction to entertain appeals direct from justice courts.
2. Jurisdiction of Subject-Matter not Conferred by Consent of Parties.
Jurisdiction of a subject-matter can not be conferred on a court by consent of parties.
Error.
Frank L. Kuhn, for plaintiff in error.
Hessenmueller & Schmidt, for defendant in error.

Opinion:
WINCH, J.
This ease involves the validity of a judgment recovered by plaintiffs in the insolvency court of Cuyahoga county in a ease originally brought by plaintiffs before a justice of the peace and then appealed by them directly to the said court of insolvency, where judgment was rendered in their favor.
This court has heretofore held that the insolvency court of Cuyahoga county has no jurisdiction to entertain appeals direct from justice courts, affirming the judgment of Judge Bushnell of the insolvency court, in the case of Serhaut v. Englebury, 50 Bull., 68 (2 O. L. R. 512), and we see no reason for now reversing that, ruling.
But it is said that the parties to the case entered their appearance in the court of insolvency and consented to its jurisdiction.
Jurisdiction of a subject-matter can not be conferred by consent. The right to hear a ease on appeal from an inferior court is conferred by statute, touches the subject-matter, and can not be created by consent. This has been held so frequently that it is idle to cite authorities.
The common pleas court having arrived at the same conclusion, and having held said judgment of the insolvency court to be void, its judgment is affirmed.
Henry and Marvin, JJ., concur.