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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 9 - Civil Practice » Chapter 6 - Extraordinary Writs » Article 3 - Prohibition » § 9-6-42. Prohibition Against Executive and Military Officers; Governor Exempt

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.

History. 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.

History of Code section.

The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Shirley v. Gardner, 160 Ga. 338 , 127 S.E. 855 (1925).