Case Name: R. E. Jacques v. W. F. Blanton, as County Judge of Dade County
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1938-07-14
Citations: 133 Fla. 479
Docket Number: 
Parties: R. E. Jacques v. W. F. Blanton, as County Judge of Dade County.
Judges: Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield, Brown, Buford and Chapman, J. J., concur.
Reporter: Florida Reports
Volume: 133
Pages: 479–480

Head Matter:
R. E. Jacques v. W. F. Blanton, as County Judge of Dade County.
182 So. 778.
Opinion Filed July 14, 1938.
A. Patrick Cannon and Mercer & Simms, for Plaintiff in Error;
Wilson Trammell, Whitfield & Whitfield and Gwynn Parker, for Defendant in Error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
—The writ of error in this case brings for review judgment denying alternative writ of prohibition entered by the Circuit Court of Dade County, Florida.
The petition for rule nisi or alternative writ in prohibition was entirely insufficient to show the exercise of excess jurisdiction by the County Judge or to show that the County Judge was without jurisdiction to try and determine the issues and to do the matters and things complained of.
Neither the merits of the cause nor errors in pais are matters of consideration in proceedings in prohibition.
Prohibition cannot be used in lieu of writ of error or in lieu of certiorari, but in prohibition it must be alleged and shown that the court or officer sought to be prohibited has either acted in excess of jurisdiction or without jurisdiction. See Crill v. State Road Department, 96 Fla. 110, 117 Sou. 765; State v. Malone, 40 Fla. 129, 23 Sou. 575; Curtis v. Albritton, 101 Fla. 853, 132 Sou. 677; Seaboard Realty Co. v. Seaboard All Florida Rwy., 91 Fla. 670, 108 Sou. 675; White v. State, 77 Fla. 528, 81 Sou. 639.
So the judgment must be and is affirmed.
So ordered.
Affirmed.
Ellis, C. J., and Whitfield, Brown, Buford and Chapman, J. J., concur.