Title 15, Chapter 6, Section 8
( 15-6-8)
The superior courts have authority: (1) To exercise original, exclusive, or concurrent jurisdiction,
as the case may be, of all causes, both civil and criminal,
granted to them by the Constitution and laws; (2) To exercise the powers of a court of equity; (3) To exercise appellate jurisdiction from judgments of the
probate or magistrate courts as provided by law; (4) To exercise a general supervision over all inferior tribunals
and to review and correct, in the manner prescribed by law, the
judgments of: (A) Magistrates; (B) Municipal courts or councils; (C) Any inferior judicature; (D) Any person exercising judicial powers; and (E) Judges of the probate courts, except in cases touching the
probate of wills and the granting of letters of administration,
in which a jury must be impaneled; (5) To punish contempt by fines not exceeding $500.00 and by
imprisonment not exceeding 20 days; and (6) To exercise such other powers, not contrary to the
Constitution, as are or may be given to such courts by law. |