Shirley v. Gardner

1. The office of the writ of prohibition is to restrain subordinate courts and inferior judicial tribunals from exceeding their jurisdiction, so that each tribunal shall confine itself to the exercise of those powers with which, under the constitution and laws of the State, it has been entrusted. This writ lies “to arrest illegal proceedings by any court officer, where no other legal remedy or relief is given.” Civil Code (1910), § 5458; Doughty v. Walker, 54 Ga. 595; Seymour v. Almond, 75 Ga. 112; 32 Cyc. 598. The language of section 5450 of the Civil Code, that this writ will “lie to all…