Iveson v. Second Judicial District Court

I agree with the reasoning of the majority opinion and with the authorities therein cited and with the well-recognized limitations of the functions of the writ of certiorari. The majority opinion likewise recognizes the rule that where a statute prescribes the mode of acquiring jurisdiction that mode must be complied with or the proceedings will be a nullity. We part company in the determination of the nature of the proceedings in the court below wherein the defendants there moved for an order setting aside their respective defaults. The majority opinion concludes that the issue there rasied…