Case Name: The State, ex rel. The Maysville Bridge Co., v. Quinlan, Probate Judge
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1931-10-07
Citations: 124 Ohio St. 658
Docket Number: No. 23128
Parties: The State, ex rel. The Maysville Bridge Co., v. Quinlan, Probate Judge.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 124
Pages: 658–658

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. The Maysville Bridge Co., v. Quinlan, Probate Judge.
(No. 23128
Decided October 7, 1931.)
Mr. Francis T. Bartlett, Mr. George G. Heath and Messrs. Hunt, Bennett & Utter, for relator.
Mr. John II. Houston, prosecuting attorney, for respondent.

Opinion:
The court find that there is no warrant for the issuance of a writ of prohibition sought by the plaintiff, for the reason that the action, order and judgment which the plaintiff seeks to have restrained and prohibited have been fully consummated. A writ of prohibition may be awarded only to prevent' the unlawful usurpation of jurisdiction, and does not lie to prevent the enforcement of a claimed erroneous judgment previously rendered; it may be invoked only to prevent proceeding in a matter in which there is an absence of jurisdiction and not to review the regularity of an act already performed. It cannot be substituted for a proceeding in error. '
Writ denied.
Marshall, C. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Allen, Kinkade and Robinson, JJ., concur.