State ex rel. Gross v. Marshall

The question before this court is whether a writ of prohibition is a proper procedure by which appellants may seek relief from appellee’s order of October 29, 1973. This court shares the opinion of the Court of Appeals that that extraordinary remedy is inappropriate in this case, and we therefore affirm its judgment.

The present controversy stems from an order of the Court of Common Pleas relating to the conduct of discovery proceedings by one of the parties in litigation before it. Such orders have been specifically held interlocutory, and thus not subject to immediate appellate review,…