City of Macon v. Anderson

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

It is insisted by counsel for the City of Macon that the writ of prohibition must be addressed to a court; and that the’ council of this city, in hearing and deciding charges preferred for the removal of a member of its board of water commissioners, do not constitute such a judicatory as will authorize the grant of the writ of prohibition to restrain this action, if a proper ease for issuing such writ is otherwise made. In this contention we can not concur. The writ of prohibition lies “to arrest illegal proceedings by any court officer, where no other…