Harris Coal Corp. v. Cornett

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

This is an original action in this Court brought by the Harris Coal Corporation against John C. Cornett, acting in his official capacity as Judge of the Magoffin Circuit Court. The relief sought is a special writ in the nature of prohibition. A temporary order was issued. After a hearing upon the petition on December 14, 1956, the temporary order was dissolved and the petition for a permanent order of prohibition was denied. The order provided that an opinion should be delivered later.

The specific relief sought by the petitioner was to prohibit the respondent in his official…