O.C.G.A. § 9-6-41 (2019)
When writ granted; time for return; trial of fact issues
The writ of prohibition may be granted at any time, on proper showing made. The return must be in term. Any issue of fact made thereon must be tried as in equity cases.
History
Code 1863, §§ 3133, 3136; Code 1868, §§ 3145, 3148; Code 1873, §§ 3201, 3209a; Code 1882, §§ 3201, 3209a; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4876, 4885; Civil Code 1910, §§ 5449, 5458; Code 1933, §§ 64301, 64-302.
History of Section. The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Mayor of Brunswick v. Dure, 59 Ga. 803 (1877).
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Prohibition can only operate to restrain pending action or proceeding. Martin v. Crawford, 199 Ga. 497, 34 S.E.2d 699, 1945 Ga. LEXIS 338 (1945). Before the writ of prohibition should issue, there must be some pending action or proceeding upon which the writ could apply and prohibit some act of a judicial
tribunal from exercising jurisdiction over matters not within its cognizance, or from exceeding its jurisdiction in matters in which it has cognizance. Martin v. Crawford, 199 Ga. 497, 34 S.E.2d 699, 1945 Ga. LEXIS 338 (1945). Writ of prohibition will not lie after judgment sought to be restrained has
been issued. Almand v. Brock, 227 Ga. 586, 182 S.E.2d 97, 1971 Ga. LEXIS 782 (1971). Return of writ. - An application for the writ of prohibition may be sanctioned in vacation, but must be made returnable to the next term. Doughty, Pearson & Co. v. Walker, 54 Ga. 595, 1875 Ga. LEXIS 275 (1875) (decided prior to amendment of O.C.G.A. § 15-6-19.). The writ of prohibition must be returned in term. Mayor of Savannah v. Grayson, 104 Ga. 105, 30 S.E. 693, 1898 Ga. LEXIS 288 (1898). Title to public office not proper subject for relief by prohibition. - Where
a petition is predicated upon the issue of title to a public office, and the prayers are for the writ of prohibition, and that a defendant be prohibited and restrained from acting as such public official, the petition cannot be held to state a cause of action for injunctive relief, for the reason that injunction is not a primary remedy to determine the question of title to public office. Martin v. Crawford, 199 Ga. 497, 34 S.E.2d 699, 1945 Ga. LEXIS 338 (1945).
RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Prohibition, §§ 39 et seq., 49 et seq., 73 et seq. C.J.S. 72A C.J.S., Prohibition, § 1 et seq.
ALR. Availability of writ of prohibition or similar remedy against act of public prosecutor, 16 A.L.R.4th 112.