Maddrey v. Justice of the Peace Court 13

STEELE, Chief Justice.

Cornelia Maddrey appeals from a Superior Court judge’s order, on a writ of certiorari, confirming a Justice of the Peace Court’s order of possession to her landlord Arbor Management, d/b/a Compton Town Associates, LP (Compton). Split authority in Delaware courts over where common law writs of certiorari lie, and how those writs in Justice of the Peace Court summary possession cases should be reviewed, prompts us to answer three important questions for practitioners. We note at the outset that the General Assembly has provided in the Delaware Code for statutory writs of…