Chevrolet Motor Co. v. Landers Chevrolet Co.

Kirby, J.,

(after stating the facts). The statute authorizes the circuit court to issue writs of certiorari (§ 3237, Crawford & Moses’ Digest); but in Baskins v. Wylds, 39 Ark. 347, this court said:

“The writ of certiorari cannot be used by the circuit courts, in the exercise of their appellate powers and superintending control over inferior courts, for the mere correction of errors, as a substitute for appeal, but when it appears upon the face of the record of the inferior court that it has no jurisdiction of the subject-matter, or of the person, its judgment may be quashed, on certiorari, by…