
    Starnes vs. Tanner, Justice.
    If a justice of the peace improperly refused a motion to enter up judgment against a garnishee who was in default, the proper method of correcting such error was by certiorari, and not by mandamus to compel him to enter the judgment. A mandamus will issue to compel a performance of duty only in cases where a defect of legal justice would arise from a failure or improper fulfillment of such duty; but it never issues unless there is no other specific legal remedy for such rights. Code, §3198; 12 Qa., 170.
    Judgment affirmed.
    April 25, 1884.
   Hall, Justice.  