Rowley v. Lampe

MONTGOMERY, Chief Justice.

Ralph Vernon Rowley, by this action, seeks to prohibit Stuart E. Lampe, Judge, Chancery Branch, Jefferson Circuit Court, from proceeding with the trial of a divorce action. The petition presents the possibility of the absence of jurisdiction and of error for which there would be no appeal should the trial court grant a divorce. KRS 21.060(1) (b).

The granting of prohibition may not be demanded as a matter of right, but the granting or refusal thereof lies within the sound discretion of this Court. Smith v. Burnett, 300 Ky. 249, 188 S.W.2d 480; Chamblee v. Rose, Ky.,…