Britton v. Steber
Supreme Court of Missouri
Application Jot Certiorari. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to award a certiorari not only to inferior courts, but to persons invested by the legislature with power to decide on'the property or rights of the citizen, even in cases where they are authorized by statute finally to hear and determine, if the jurisdiction be not taken away by express words.
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Application Jot Certiorari. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction to award a certiorari not only to inferior courts, but to persons invested by the legislature with power to decide on'the property or rights of the citizen, even in cases where they are authorized by statute finally to hear and determine, if the jurisdiction be not taken away by express words. (4 Hawk., 144; 1 Galk., 146; 1 Lord Raym., 580 ; Lawton vs. Commissioners of Cambridge, 2 Cai., 179 ; Le Roy vs. Mayor, etc. of N. Y., 20 Johns, 430; Lynde vs. Noble, 20 Id., 80; Bradhurst vs. First Great S. W. Turnpike Co., 16 Id., 8;…
1Per curiam
The court have examined this case attentively, and whilst there are many questions involved upon which doubts exist, they have unanimously arrived at the conclusion that the writ should be refused for the following reason: Our present constitution has organized an appellate court in St. Louis county and given to it final jurisdiction, except in certain specified instances, and the only casein which its judgment can be revised as to officers is where the title to an office under this State is brought in contest. In every case respecting the title to an office, not under the State, it was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. RectorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1847
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