1 Paige Ch. 548 | New York Court of Chancery | 1829
The Chancellor :—It is not necessary for me to express an opinion whether there is any legal objection to the assessment against the complainant’s property. If it is illegal, he has a full and perfect remedy at law, and this is not the proper tribunal for him to apply to for redress. In Mooers v. *Smedley, (6 John. Ch. Rep. 28,) this court decided that the review and correction of errors, abuses and mistakes in the exercise of the powers of inferior and subordinate jurisdictions, and in the official acts of public officers, belonged exclusively to the Supreme Court. That such a power exists in that court has been repeatedly recognized by the judges thereof. (2 Caines’ Rep. 169; 16 John. Rep. 50; 1 Wendell, 288.) And that the complainant may correct any illegal proceedings under the 175th section of this act, by a certiorari, was expressly decided by that court, in
The motion to dismiss the bill is denied.