Helena-West Helena School District 2 v. Circuit Court

The majority opinion states that this court has treated petitions for writs of certiorari as appeals in the past when the petition is filed within the appeal time; it relies on two old cases for this proposition. See Williamson v. Mitchell Auto Co., 181 Ark. 693, 27 S.W.2d 96 (1930) (holding that this court will treat a petition for writ of certiorari as an appeal where the time for an appeal has not expired); Miller v. Tatum, 170 Ark. 152, 279 S.W. 1002 (1926).

The rule adopted in these two cases makes no sense. Of course, a party has thirty days in which to file a notice of appeal. Why…