Case Name: WILLIS ET AL. v. DUN, ADMINISTRATOR
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1832-10
Citations: 1 Wright 130
Docket Number: 
Parties: WILLIS ET AL. v. DUN, ADMINISTRATOR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases at law and in chancery, decided by the Supreme court of Ohio, during the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Volume: 1
Pages: 131–131

Head Matter:
WILLIS ET AL. v. DUN, ADMINISTRATOR.
Certiorari — court can only look to the record — writ quashed.
The Supreme Court can only act upon what appears upon the record returned with a certiorari and if the record disclose nothing for the court to act upon, it will dismiss the writ of certiorari.
Certiorari. It was claimed that pending a controversy among the heirs of Robert Willis, the Common Pleas appointed Dun ad*ministrator. Dun was not of kin, and not entitled to ad- [131 ministration. After the controversy was ended, application was made to rescind the appointment of Dun, and call in the letters of administration, which application was overruled. To reverse that overruling order this certiorari is brought.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT.
There is nothing on this record but the motion to rescind, and the order of the court overruling it. The grounds of the motion, or order, or appointment of the adminstrator, is nowhere disclosed. As there is nothing for the court to act upon, the writ is quashed.