Case Name: W. C. Bush v. J. R. Head, Parish Judge, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1870-07
Citations: 22 La. Ann. 459
Docket Number: No. 86
Parties: W. C. Bush v. J. R. Head, Parish Judge, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 22
Pages: 459–459

Head Matter:
No. 86.
W. C. Bush v. J. R. Head, Parish Judge, et al.
If the district judge lias not original jurisdiction, and it is not necessary to aid liim in tlie exercise of his appellate jurisdiction, he can not issue the wr.t of prohibition against the parish judge, restraining him lrom proceeding further in the cause.
APPEAL from the Eleventh District Court, parish of Bienville.
J. JR. Head, Parish Judge, respondent. J. 0. Egan and Benjaman 'f17' Voarec. for relators. JO. B. Watlcins, for defendant and appellant.

Opinion:
Ludeling, C. J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court perpetuating a writ of prohibition, issued to prevent the judge of the parish court from proceeding with the trial of a cause involving-four hundred and eighty dollars, and the accrued interest, amounting-to about three hundred and forty dollars.
The district judge was without jurisdiction to issue the writ in suoh a case. It was not necessary to aid him in the exercise of his appellate jurisdiction, and lie had not original jurisdiction in the case.
The judgment of the district judge is a nullity. It is therefore ordered that the judgment appealed from be avoided, and that the plaintiff and appellee pay costs of both courts.