They considered themselves to lack jurisdiction over a defendant until he had voluntarily submitted to it by entering a plea seeking judgment from the court.

The judge's conclusion that he lacked jurisdiction to make the order fell to be set aside in circumstances where the evidence so clearly pointed to the making of the order.

But a decision which was unenforceable because the adjudicator lacked jurisdiction to make it or because it breached the rules of natural justice was quite another matter.

This opinion held that there were no federal issues in question in the case, and that the court lacked jurisdiction.

A lower court had ruled that the state lacked jurisdiction to file suit.