Robinson v. Mhoon

Citations

• 68 Miss. 712

Syllabus

<p>1. Circuit Court. Power over inferior courts.</p> <p>The circuit court under its inherent power as an appellate tribunal should in proper cases enforce obedience to legal requirements on the part of inferior courts.</p> <p>2. Justice of tjie Peace. Refusal to approve appeal bond. Remedy.</p> <p>If a justice of the peace improperly refuses to approve a timely and solvent appeal bond, the circuit court may award certiorari requiring him to produce the papers in the cause, and may enforce obedience. On return of the writ, if satisfied that the bond ought to have been approved, the circuit court should approve it and proceed to try the cause de novo.</p>