Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Bandy

Hart, C. J.,

(after .stating the facts). The office of the writ of prohibition is to restrain an inferior tribunal from proceeding in a matter not within its jurisdiction; but it is never granted unless the inferior tribunal has clearly exceeded its authority and the party applying for it has no other protection against the wrong that shall be done by such usurpation. Russell v. Jacoway, 33 Ark. 191; Monette Road Improvement District v. Dudley, 144 Ark. 169, 222 S. W. 59; and Dist. No. 21 United Mine Workers of America v. Bourland, 169 Ark. 796, 277 S. W. 546. The rule announced in these cases…