Merchants' & Planters' Bank v. Hammock

(after stating the facts). The office of the writ of prohibition is to restrain an inferior tribunal from proceeding in a matter not within its jurisdiction; but it is never granted unless the inferior tribunal has clearly exceeded its authority and the party applying for it has no other protection against the wrong that shall be done by such usurpation. Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Bandy, Judge, 177 Ark. 694, 8 S. W. (2d) 448, and cases cited. It is well settled that, where the jurisdiction is disputable, the granting or refusal of the writ is discretionary. American Casualty…