Case Name: JERSAWITZ v. BODIFORD
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1989-01-19
Citations: 258 Ga. 829
Docket Number: 45992
Parties: JERSAWITZ v. BODIFORD.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 829–829

Head Matter:
45992.
JERSAWITZ v. BODIFORD.
(377 SE2d 502)
Decided January 19, 1989
Reconsideration denied February 8, 1989.
Jack Jersawitz, pro se.
Haynie, Webb & Litchfield, Robert F. Webb, Bruce D. Horn-buckle, Kris Skaar, for appellee.

Opinion:
Per curiam.
Jack Jersawitz appeals from the denial of his application for writ of prohibition asking the superior court to compel a magistrate to issue an arrest warrant against the clerk of the Cobb County Superior Court for violating the Open Records Act. The trial court found no gross abuse of discretion by the magistrate, who had ruled that Jersawitz had other remedies available to him, and denied issuance of the writ.
We affirm. Shantha v. Municipal Court of Atlanta, 240 Ga. 280, 281 (240 SE2d 32) (1977); Buie v. Buie, 175 Ga. 27 (165 SE 15) (1932).
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
"The writ of prohibition is the counterpart of mandamus, to restrain subordinate courts and inferior judicial tribunals from exceeding their jurisdiction, where no other legal remedy or relief is given. The granting or refusal thereof is governed by the same principles of right, necessity, and justice as apply to mandamus." OCGA § 9-6-40.