Jacob v. Koslow, 282 Ga. 516, 44 S.E.2d 857

Outcome: Unfavorable Trial Decision Reversed by Supreme Court

Description: Client's former wife filed petition to have former husband held in contempt regarding divorce decree that was entered in another county. The Superior Court, Cherokee County, denied former husband's motion for judgment on the pleadings or, in the alternative, to transfer case to county where decree was entered more than 10 years before. Former husband filed interlocutory application, which was granted. Holding: The Supreme Court held that trial court did not have jurisdiction to hear contempt.