Webster County Board of Supervisors v. Flattery

REYNOLDSON, Justice.

This proceeding requires us to explore the reach of inherent powers of the judicial *871department as a separate and independent branch of government.

Plaintiff Webster county board of supervisors filed petition for writ of certiorari asserting defendant, as second judicial district chief judge, acted illegally in issuing certain orders for the continued employment of an investigator attached to the county attorney’s office. We granted the petition, stayed the effect of defendant’s orders pending this decision, and now annul these orders for reasons hereafter stated.

Because…