Haas v. Contest Court

At the threshold of this case we arc met with the contention that the proceedings in this court should be dismissed, under the claim that a writ of certiorari will not lie, for the reason that, under the statute, the decree entered by the contest-court is final. We had this question before us in the case of Jones v. Fisher, 156 Iowa 582, 137 N. W. 940, and we there settled the question, under the same fact situation as in this case, that certiorari is the proper remedy.

Under section 12456 of the Code, the scope of questions in this kind of proceedings is limited, so far as the matters…