Spraker v. Carroll

JACKSON, Vice Chief Justice.

This is an original proceeding in which this court is asked to assume original jurisdiction and issue a writ of prohibition preventing the respondent district judge from exercising further jurisdiction in a damage suit in his court.

Applicants, defendants in the damage suit, are the owners and operators of a used car lot. They argue that under the undisputed facts in this case the sole remedy of their injured employee (Plaintiff in the damage suit) lies in a proceeding against themselves and their insurance carrier in the State Industrial Court under the Workmen’s…