Elliott v. Great Atlantic Management Co.

In this appeal, we decide whether a circuit court erred by issuing a writ of prohibition against a general district court judge in connection with action taken by the judge in the course of adjudicating civil cases.

*336Appellee Great Atlantic Management Company, Inc., trading as Great Atlantic Agency, filed in the trial court a petition and amended petition for a writ of prohibition against appellant, the Honorable Archie Elliott, Jr., Judge of the General District Court of the City of Portsmouth. The petitioner sought a writ of prohibition and other relief against the respondent arising from the…