Himovitz v. Justice's Court

An original application is made to this court in this case for writ of prohibition for the purpose of prohibiting the respondent, a justice of the peace, from hearing and deciding a case pending before him as such justice. The ease was within the jurisdiction of the Justice’s Court, and jurisdiction over the person of defendant had been legally obtained. A default had been duly entered in said case and a judgment thereon for plaintiff had been duly entered on January 17, 1924. The defendant in that action mov'ed to set aside the default and judgment on January-30, 1924. Said justice granted…