State Ex Rel. Lang v. Municipal Justice Court of the City of Cudahy

We do not reach the question of whether the writ of prohibition was an appropriate remedy in this case because of our disposition of a single issue, dis-positive of the case, which is whether the municipal justice court had jurisdiction over appellant’s alleged ordinance violation case.

The extraordinary writ of prohibition is traditionally available to restrain inferior courts from exercising power beyond their jurisdiction. The writ will not be granted in the absence of certain well-settled prerequisites. As the Wisconsin Supreme Court stated in Petition of Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Co.:

“Those…