HOOVER v. HARRIS

HOOVER v. HARRIS
1927 OK 108
255 P. 154
124 Okla. 240
Case Number: 17162
Decided: 04/12/1927
Supreme Court of Oklahoma

HOOVER et al.
v.
HARRIS, Co. Judge.

Syllabus

¶0 Prohibition--Alternative Writ Made Absolute Upon Default of Respondent.
Where an alternative writ is granted and the respondent is directed to show cause why such writ should not be made absolute, upon his failure so to do, the alternative writ will be made permanent.

Pryor, Stokes & Carver, and Hugh Murphy, for petitioners.

RILEY, J.

¶1 On February 2, 1926, a petition for writ of prohibition was filed by petitioners in an original action in this court. On said date an alternative writ of prohibition was issued by this court to the respondent, Thomas S. Harris, county judge of Creek county, directing him to show cause on the 6th day of February, 1926, why the writ should not be made absolute and permanent. No return has been made by the respondent, and no cause shown as to why said writ should not be made permanent.

¶2 By the issuance of the alternative writ, prima facie showing was considered as having been made as to the justice and merit of the relief sought, and by reason of the default of respondent the alternative writ is made absolute.