Judges of Oneida Common Pleas v. People ex rel. Savage

This case having been the leading decision in the reform said to have been effected, by the Court of Errors in the practice of the Supreme Court with respect to issuing the writ of mandamus to correct the errors of inferior courts, we shall give a brief view of the jurisdiction thus exercised before the question came before the Court of Errors in the above cause. That the Supreme Court had, in a few instances, by haste or incaution, granted the writ in cases where it was not the appropriate remedy, may be safely enough admitted, as that court itself hastened to acknowledge it and to u stand…