Madison National Life Insurance v. Second Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Collins, C. J.:

Madison National Life Insurance Company seeks to prohibit the Second Judicial District Court of Nevada and the Honorable Roscoe H. Wilkes, acting judge thereof, from proceeding further with the enforcement and execution of an order issued by that court and judge on March 11, 1968. We agree that the enforcement should be prohibited and direct that the Alternative Writ of Prohibition be made permanent.

On December 27, 1967, Richard P. Wait, Esquire, filed his petition seeking compensation for legal services rendered in that case entitled “State of Nevada, ex…