HARRIS COAL CORPORATION v. CORNETT


298 S.W.2d 320 (1957)

HARRIS COAL CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. John C. CORNETT, Judge of the Magoffin Circuit Court, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

February 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Stites, Louisville, Earl R. Cooper, Salyersville, Paul C. Shafer, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioner.

Bert T. Combs, Joe Hobson, Prestonsburg, for respondent.


MONTGOMERY, Judge.

This is an original action in this Court brought by the Harris Coal Corporation against John C. Cornett, acting in his official capacity as Judge of the Magoffin Circuit Court. The relief sought is a special writ in the nature of prohibition. A temporary order was issued. After a hearing upon the petition on December 14, 1956, the temporary order was dissolved and the petition for a permanent order of prohibition was denied. The order provided that...

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