Riner v. Flanders

Beck, P. J., and Gilbert, J.,

dissenting. The Civil Code (1910), § 5458, provides, in part: “The writ [of prohibition] . . is the counterpart of mandamus, to arrest illegal proceedings by any court officer where no other legal remedy or relief is given; *47and the granting or refusal thereof is governed by the same principles of right, necessity, and justice.” In City of Macon v. Anderson, 155 Ga. 607 (2) (supra), this court ruled: “The "writ of prohibition is an available remedy only where no other legal remedy or relief is given; and where a complete remedy exists by appeal, writ of error, writ…