Callender v. District Court for the Twentieth Judicial District

SIMMS, Justice:

Petitioner, Callender, seeks to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court and prays for a writ of prohibition to prevent the District Court of Carter County from proceeding further in a civil action, in the nature of quo warranto brought by the Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma against Callender to try title to the office of County Commissioner which he holds.

The Attorney General alleged in his petition that Callender forfeited or vacated his office by reason of a plea of nolo conten-dere he entered to a misdemeanor involving official misconduct, as defined by 21…