People ex rel. Church v. Hester

Citations

• 6 Cal. 679

Syllabus

<p>The supervisors of a county are a quasi political corporation, and as such the District Courts of this State, by virtue of tbeir general jurisdiction as superior courts, have a supervisory power and control over their proceedings, to the exercise of which appellate power is not necessary.</p> <p>This may be done by mandamus, prohibition or injunction ¡ but their proceedings cannot be reviewed by certiorari.</p> <p>The use of the writ of certiorari is confined by our statute to inferior Courts, and bodies exercising judicial functions.</p> <p>The supervisors, not being judicial officers, nor charged with judicial functions, it results that the writ cannot be properly directed to them.</p>