State ex rel. Rogers v. Brown

Francis E. Sweeney, Sr., J.

Appellant asserts in his sole proposition of law that a prohibition action is not rendered moot when a trial court exercises its jurisdiction by journalizing its judgment entry before the court of appeals acts on *410the requested writ. The court of appeals held that Judge McGee Brown’s journalization of an entry granting a postdecree motion for interest rendered moot appellant’s complaint for a writ of prohibition because the action sought to be prevented had occurred. We disagree with this determination.

As Judge McGee Brown concedes, the court of appeals erred in so…