State ex rel. Gilla v. Fellerhoff

The question to be decided is whether relator states a cause of action in prohibition.

It is well-settled that:

“A court having general jurisdiction of the subject matter of an action has authority to determine its own jurisdiction on issue raised, and a party challenging its jurisdiction has a remedy at law in appeal from an adverse holding of the court that it has such jurisdiction, and may not maintain a proceeding in prohibition to prevent the prosecution of such action.” Paragraph three of the syllabus in State, ex rel. Miller, v. Court of Common Pleas (1949), 151 Ohio St. 397; State, ex…