McIntosh ex rel. Bowen v. Johnson
McIntosh ex rel. Bowen v. Johnson
Opinion of the Court
The question presented by this record is whether a justice of the Supreme Court of the District can legally issue a writ of certiorari, after a judgment by a justice of the peace upon the verdict of a jury in a civil suit before him.
This question was decided in the negative, by this court in the case of Fitzgerald v. Leisman, ante, 6.
There the writ had been issued, and on the return thereof
In that case an appeal had been refused by the justice of the peace; in the present case no appeal was asked, and the object of the writ was undoubtedly to procure a retrial of the case in this court.
This is not permissible, and the reasons are so fully stated in the case referred to that it is unnecessary to repeat them. The order appealed from must be reversed and the writ quashed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ALBERT McINTOSH, FOR THE USE OF BOWEN, &c. v. HORACE S. JOHNSON
- Status
- Published