deliverd the opinion of the court.

This is an application by Heraclio Gimenez for a writ of certiorari, who alleges in substance:

That in an action brought in this district court by Jose Olmedo against Gregorio Rodriguez for the recovery of damages, a writ of execution issued and a rural estate was attached belonging to th,e petitioner, who has not been a party to said action, and, consequently, has not been heard and defeated, as provided by law; that, although the petitioner was surety for the defendant, Gregorio Rodriguez, the bond furnished by him had nothing to do with the suit of Olmedo v. Rodriguez, and the judgment rendered therein did not obligate said Gimenez to anything; that a reconsideration and annulment of the writ of attachment was applied for in due *302tipie, tlie application being denied in open court; that Gonzalo Torres bought the estate at auction for $400, notwithstanding the intervention in ownership by the petitioner, Gi-ménez, before the marshal; and that the estate was subsequently sold by the successful bidder, Torres, to Eugenio Malpica, to the grave injury of the applicant, inasmuch as he was deprived of his property.

And to correct these proceedings, as lie could not' appeal from the judgment rendered therein on acocnnt of not having been a party thereto, he makes application for this writ of certiorari.

But if the proceedings in the lower court are null and void no one purchasing under execution can obtain title, and there is no doubt that the petitioner has a remedy in the ordinary course of the law for the recovery of his property.

On the other hand, it is only in very exceptional cases that this court can review the proceedings in an action in which a petitioner for a writ of certiorari was not a party.

The proper method of correcting errors in an ordinary action is by an appeal, and when, as in this case, nullities or defects are alleged which it was not possible to correct during the action owing to the petitioner not having been a party thereto, the proper ordinary action must be brought for the recovery of his property, without awaiting the assistance of this Supreme Court.

It does not appear from the petition of the application that the illegal act on the part of the marshal forms part of the record, and if it does not, this court could not review the proceedings by the method sought. Furthermore, the law also gives the petitioner a proper remedy against said marshal if he has acted in violation of the law.

Summarizing these statements: “In order that a person prejudiced may be entitled to the benefit of this writ, he must show that he has been diligent or that he cannot obtain an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law.”

With these words Mr. Justice Wolf closed his opinion in *303the case of Clotilde Delgado v. Leopoldo Cabassa, in which case, as in that of Arsenio L. Arpin v. Judge Ramos, this Supreme Court developed and sustained the doctrine also herein set forth.

For all of these reasons the writ of certiorari should he denied.

Denied.