Section 1504 - Statutory remedy preferred over common law

In all cases where a remedy is provided or a duty is enjoined or anything is directed to be done by any statute, the directions of the statute shall be strictly pursued, and no penalty shall be inflicted, or anything done agreeably to the common law, in such cases, further than shall be necessary for carrying such statute into effect. Cross References. Section 1504 is referred to in sections 708, 7541 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).