REPUBLIC v. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE GRADE II, DAMBAI; EX PARTE TIMPON Practice and procedure—District court—Jurisdiction—Land—Issue of excess jurisdiction under Act 372, s. 37 (2)—No specified procedure for raising issue before district court—Court to determine issue if apparent from totality of circumstances of case—Petition by defendant to Chief Justice to transfer case to circuit court dismissed with suggestion that it be raised before trial district court—Defendant and counsel subsequently absenting themselves from proceedings—Trial court hearing plaintiff and determining action without taking evidence on issue of jurisdiction—Proceedings to be quashed for lack of jurisdiction—Courts Act, 1971 (Act 372), s.37 (2).