Sheffer v. Speckman, Circuit Judge

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Dismissing petition.

This is an original action brought in this court wherein the plaintiff, John Sheffer, asks a writ of prohibition against Hon. Lawrence F. Speckman, Judge of the Chancery Branch, First Division, of the Jefferson Circuit Court, to prevent him from proceeding further in a divorce action filed by Sheffer against Katie W. Sheffer on the ground that the trial judge is acting beyond his jurisdiction.

The petition avers that on April 21, 1947, Sheffer filed in the court over which Judge Speckman presides a divorce action against Katie W.…