Illinois Central Railroad v. Rice

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson — ■

Granting writ to stay court of inferior jurisdiction.

*199Section 110 of the Constitution, prescribing the powers of this court, provides:

“Said court shall have power to issue such writs as may be necessary to give it a general control of inferior jurisdictions.”

Under this provision is has been held that where there is no other adequate remedy, an appropriate writ may be issued by this court to prevent injustice being done in an inferior jurisdiction. In Rush v. Denhardt, 138 Ky., 248, after pointing out that the above constitutional provision gives…