Case Name: The State, ex rel. Crebs, Appellant, v. Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, Probate Division, et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1974-04-17
Citations: 38 Ohio St. 2d 51
Docket Number: No. 73-919
Parties: The State, ex rel. Crebs, Appellant, v. Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, Probate Division, et al., Appellees.
Judges: O’Neill, 0. J., Herbert, CorrxgaN, SterN, Celebrezze, W. Browíf and P. Brown, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, Second Series
Volume: 38
Pages: 51–52

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Crebs, Appellant, v. Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County, Probate Division, et al., Appellees.
(No. 73-919
Decided April 17, 1974.)
Messrs. Logee, Lehman & Veney and Mr. F. Emerson Logee, for appellant.
Mr. Keith A. Shearer, prosecuting attorney, for ap-pellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
Appellant seeks to have the constitutionality of the statutes, under which the action against him was brought, determined in this prohibition action. However, the unconstitutionality of a statute does not deprive a court of the initial jurisdiction to proceed according to its terms. Appellant has other remedies in the ordinary course of the law and by way of appeal. Furthermore, prohibition cannot be used as a substitute for appeal. State, ex rel. Rhodes, v. Solether (1955), 162 Ohio St. 559. See State, ex rel. Ellis, v. McCabe (1941), 138 Ohio St. 417.
Judgment affirmed.
O'Neill, 0. J., Herbert, CorrxgaN, SterN, Celebrezze, W. Browíf and P. Brown, JJ., concur.