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WOODALL v. BUCKINGHAM

74 A.2d 460 (1950)

WOODALL et al. v. BUCKINGHAM et al.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle.

May 4, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Barab, of Wilmington, for the plaintiff.

August F. Walz, of Wilmington, of Hastings, Stockly, Walz & Wise, Wilmington, for the defendants.

LAYTON, Judge.

The clear weight of authority is to the effect that a magistrate is not liable for errors or omissions insofar as concerns his judicial acts. In this connection Am.Jur. Vol. 31, Justices of the Peace, Sec. 21, says: "Sec. 21 — Within Jurisdiction. — It is a principle lying at the foundation of all well-ordered jurisprudence that every judge, whether of higher or lower degree, exercising the jurisdiction...

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