State v. Wood

The first ground relied upon for quashing the writ is, that there is no order, judgment, or proceeding in the court below from which a writ of error will lie.

Thq strictness of the ancient common law rule, which restricted writs of error to tribunals proceeding according to the course of the common law, and their operation to technical judgments, has been greatly relaxed. Still it is considered that there is some limit to the right of review, and that a writ of error will not lie to remove every order or judgment of an inferior tribunal. The limit conceded on the part of the plaintiff in error…