Schwander v. Feeney's

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

Before considering the exceptions filed we shall briefly consider the availability of certiorari proceedings when directed solely to an execution issued by a Justice of the Peace on a concededly valid judgment. In Delaware, it is a broad general rule that a writ of certiorari lies from a superior court to inferior tribunals to correct errors of law, *203to review proceedings not conducted according to law, and to restrain an excess of jurisdiction. Woolley on Delaware Practice, Sec. 896. Because the jurisdiction of a Justice is purely statutory in…