Opinion
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District.
The original proceedings before the Justice of the Peace were for the recovery of land under the statute passed April 20th, 1852, prescribing the mode of maintaining and defending possessory actions on public lands in this State. The cause was brought by certiorari, to the District Court, on the ground that the Justices' Court had no jurisdiction, and that the County Court could acquire no appellate jurisdiction where the original Court had none.
The cause was tried by the Court without a jury. The defendants moved to nonsuit the plaintiff, on the ground of want of jurisdiction, which motion was refused and judgment entered for the plaintiff, from which defendants appealed.
COUNSEL
Churchman & McKinley, for Appellants
Aldrich & McConnell, for Respondents.
JUDGES: Mr. Ch. J. Murray delivered the opinion of the Court. Mr. J. Heydenfeldt concurred.
OPINION
MURRAY, Judge
This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment of the District Court, reviewing, upon certiorari, the judgment of a Justice of the Peace.
The writ was issued upon representation that the Justice had exceeded his jurisdiction.
We have repeatedly held, that an appeal does not lie from the judgment of a Justice to the District Court. Our statute only authorizes a writ of review, or certiorari, in cases where there is not a plain, speedy and adequate remedy by appeal.
This is not such a case as is contemplated by the statute. The District Court erred in entertaining jurisdiction of the case, and the error complained of might have been corrected by an appeal to the County Court.
The judgment of the District Court is reversed, and the certiorari issued by said Court dismissed with costs.