Case Name: The State, ex rel. Nicklaus, v. McClelland, Judge
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1937-05-19
Citations: 132 Ohio St. 447
Docket Number: No. 26470
Parties: The State, ex rel. Nicklaus, v. McClelland, Judge.
Judges: Weygandt, 0. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Zimmerman, Williams and Myers, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 132
Pages: 447–448

Head Matter:
The State, ex rel. Nicklaus, v. McClelland, Judge.
(No. 26470
Decided May 19, 1937.)
Mr. John R. Horst and Mr. L. G. Barker, for relatrix.
Mr. Ralph J. Bartlett, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Robert P. Barnhart, for respondent.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The Probate Court, by Section 8, Article IV of the Ohio Constitution, is vested with jurisdiction in probate and testamentary matters and "such other jurisdiction, in any county, or counties, as may be provided by law." That court is competent to determine its own jurisdiction and a writ of prohibition will not issue to prevent an anticipated erroneous judgment. State, ex rel. Barbee, v. Allen, Judge, 96 Ohio St., 10, 117 N. E., 13; State, ex rel. Carmody, v. Justice, Judge, 114 Ohio St., 94, 150 N. E., 430. The writ of prohibition is not available as a substitute for a proceeding on appeal. Silliman v. Court of Common Pleas of Williams County, 126 Ohio St., 338, 185 N. E., 420; State, ex rel. Young, v. Morrow, Judge, 131 Ohio St., 266, 2 N. E. (2d), 595.
Writ demed.
Weygandt, 0. J., Jones, Matthias, Day, Zimmerman, Williams and Myers, JJ., concur.