State Ex Rel. Moss v. Clair

We are met at the threshold of our consideration of this case by appellees’ claim that relators have mistaken their remedy and that a writ of prohibition is not an appropriate remedy where a judgment has. been rendered by the tribunal against which the writ is sought.

In the case of State, ex rel. Garrison, v. Brough, 94 Ohio St., 115, 113 N. E., 683, it was held:

“The writ of prohibition is an extraordinary legal remedy whose object is to prevent a court or tribunal of peculiar, limited or inferior power from assuming-jurisdiction of a matter beyond its cognizance. The writ cannot be made to…