44 Barb. 467 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1865
This proceeding comes before this court upon a return to the writ of certiorari. Upon the application of the overseers of the poor of the town of Berne
It is insisted by the respondent’s counsel that, as Isaac E. Finch was not a party to the original proceeding, he could not resort to the writ of certiorari, to review the same. I think this position unanswerable. The only possible excuse for such interference by Isaac E. Finch, is the fact that the property purchased by him of Smith S. Finch had been included in said inventory. The mere description of such property in the inventory, certainly did not divest or affect the title of said Isaac E. Finch, when he was not a party to the proceeding, and when it was not intended to try the title to property with third parties. . Isaac E. Finch had no interest whatever in the subject matter of the proceeding. He was a mere intruder, and was in no situation to resort to the writ or certiorari. (Colden v. Botts, 12 Wend, 234. Tiffany and Smith’s New York Practice, vol. 2, p. 230. Ex parte The Mayor &c. of Albany, 23 Wend. 277.)
When a party has another adequate remedy, he must resort to it, rather than to the writ of certiorari. (The People, ex rel. Onderdonk, v. The Supervisors of Queens County, 1 Hill, 195. The People v. Mayor of New York, 2 id. 12. )
It is quite clear that if Isaac E. Finch was really the pur
Hogeloom, Miller and Ingalls, Justices.]