Morgan v. Clements

Mar 19, 1913
Reporters:
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Before:
Hobson

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Dismissing Petition for Writ of Prohibition.

Thomas A. Morgan has filed ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‍a petition in this court seeking a writ of prohibition against Lavega Clements as Commissioner of the Daviess Circuit Court, prohibiting him from enforcing a sale bond given in an ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‍action in that court. By section 110 of the Constitution this court has appellate jurisdiction only; but it is given power to issue such writs as may be necessary to give ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‍it a general control of inferior jurisdictions. Such writs will only be issued where there is no other adequate remedy and will be only issued to control judicial tribunals. Applicant has ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‍an adequate remedy in the Daviess Circuit Court if any wrong has been done him, and on this question no opinion is intimated. The defendant Clements is not a judicial ‍‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‍officer.

The demurrer to the petition is sustained and the petition is dismissed without prejudice with costs.