Case Name: The State, ex rel. Sparto et al., Appellants, v. Juvenile Court of Darke County et al., Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1950-02-15
Citations: 153 Ohio St. 64
Docket Number: No. 31898
Parties: The State, ex rel. Sparto et al., Appellants, v. Juvenile Court of Darke County et al., Appellees.
Judges: Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman,. Stewart, Turner and Tart, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 153
Pages: 64–65

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Sparto et al., Appellants, v. Juvenile Court of Darke County et al., Appellees.
(No. 31898
Decided February 15, 1950.)
Messrs. Ginocchio & Ginocchio, for appellants.
Mr. Cecil E. Edwards and Mr. Paul W. Younker, for appellees.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The judgment of the Court of Appeals is affirmed.
A writ of prohibition will not be granted to prevent proceedings in a lower court concerning matters as to which such court has power to determine its own jurisdiction. Wisner v. Probate Court of Columbiana County, 145 Ohio St., 419, 61 N. E. (2d), 889; State, ex rel. Levy, v. Savord, 143 Ohio St., 451, 55 N. E. (2d), 735; 32 Ohio Jurisprudence, 581, Section 20.
The writ will not issue to prevent an erroneous judgment, or to serve the purpose of appeal, or to correct mistakes of the lower court in deciding questions with-. in its jurisdiction. State, ex rel. Norris, v. Hodapp, Judge, 135 Ohio St., 26, 18 N. E. (2d), 984; 32 Ohio Jurisprudence, 572, Section 9; State, ex rel. Garrison, v. Brough, 94 Ohio St., 115, 113 N. E., 683; 32 Ohio Jurisprudence, 586, Section 24. See, also, State, ex rel. Niederlehner, v. Mack, Judge, 125 Ohio St., 559, 182 N. E., 498.
Judgment affirmed.
Weygandt, C. J., Matthias, Hart, Zimmerman,. Stewart, Turner and Tart, JJ., concur.