State ex rel. Board of County Commissioners v. Court of Common Pleas of Butler County

A court may not issue a writ of prohibition unless it determines that all the following conditions apply.:

“* * * (1) The court or officer against whom it is sought must be about to exercise a judicial or quasi-judicial power; (2) it must appear that the refusal of the writ would result in injury for which there is no adequate remedy; (3) the exercise of such power must amount to an unauthorized usurpation of judicial power.” State, ex rel. Northern Ohio Telephone Co., v. Winter (1970), 23 Ohio St. 2d 6, 8; State, ex rel. Rouault, v. Common Pleas Court (1977), 50 Ohio St. 2d 65, 66.

The issue…