Case ID: ky_195/html/0678-01.html
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Author: {"author": "Chief Justice Hurt", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Scott v. Mounts, Justice of the Peace.
    (Decided September 22, 1922.)
    Petition for Writ of Prohibition.
    Prohibition — 'Writ of Directed Against Justice of the Peace. — The Court of Appeals will not take jurisdiction of a petition for a writ of prohibition against a justice of the peace, tout the circuit court is open to one entitled to such relief.
    W. <J. W. KIDDLE for plaintiff.
   Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hurt

Dismissing.

The Court of Appeals will not take jurisdiction of a petition for a writ of prohibition directed against a justice of the peace upon a claim, that in a prosecution for a misdemeanor, the justice is exercising authority beyond the jurisdiction of his court, or erroneously deciding the questions raised in the prosecution. The circuit court is open to any one, who thinks he is entitled to relief in such a state of case, and a complaint of such character should be made to the circuit court. Ample authority for such application may be found in chapter XII, of Civil Code. This court will not entertain jurisdiction in such an original action, unless there is no other adequate remedy. The petition is, therefore, dismissed.