Hayne v. Justice's Court

This is an application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the respondent proceeding to trial'and judgment in a cause pending before it.

An action was brought against the petitioner in the justice’s court on a promissory note, and an attachment was issued and levied on his property. The petitioner filed his petition in insolvency, and the property attached was released. He filed his answer in the justice’s court setting up the insolvency proceedings, but the plaintiff applied to the superior court in which the insolvency proceedings were pending and procured an order from that court,…