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SECTION 190-B
Power of county court and county judge co-extensive with that of supreme court and supreme court justice
Judiciary (JUD) CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 7
§ 190-b. Power of county court and county judge co-extensive with that
of supreme court and supreme court justice. 1. Where a county court has
jurisdiction of an action or a special proceeding, it possesses the same
jurisdiction, power and authority in and over the same, and in the
course of the proceedings therein, that the supreme court possesses in a
like case; and it may render any judgment or grant either party any
relief that the supreme court may render or grant in a like case, and
may send its process and other mandates into any county of the state for
service or execution and enforce obedience thereto in the same manner as
the supreme court.

2. The county judge possesses the same power and authority in such
action or special proceeding that a justice of the supreme court
possesses in a like action or special proceeding brought in the supreme
court.

3. The county judge possesses the same power and authority in a
special proceeding which can be lawfully instituted before him out of
court that a justice of the supreme court possesses in a like special
proceeding instituted before him out of court.