The writ of prohibition will not lie to the duly inaugurated Governor, but it lies to all other executive or military officers when acting as a judicial or quasi-judicial tribunal.
(Orig. Code 1863, § 3134; Code 1868, § 3146; Code 1873, § 3202; Code 1882, § 3202; Civil Code 1895, § 4877; Civil Code 1910, § 5450; Code 1933, § 64-303.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Prohibition, § 31 et seq.
C.J.S.- 72A C.J.S., Prohibition, §§ 2, 3.
ALR.
- Availability of writ of prohibition as means of controlling administrative or executive boards or officers, 115 A.L.R. 3; 159 A.L.R. 627.
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