Department of Highways v. Clemmons

The constitution is clear and free from ambiguity. It provides:

“It shall be competent for the Supreme Court to require by writ of certiorari, or otherwise, any case to be certified from the Courts of Appeal to it for review, with the same power and authority in the case as if it had been carried directly by appeal to the said court; * * * provided, however, that the Supreme Court shall in no case exercise the power conferred by this article unless the application shall have been made to the court or to one of the justices thereof within thirty days after a rehearing shall have been refused by…