Power to issue writ where ordinary remedy inadequate

The writ of prohibition may be issued by the Supreme and circuit courts, to an inferior tribunal, or to a corporation, board, or person, in all cases where there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. Source: CCivP 1877, § 709; CL 1887, § 5531; RCCivP 1903, § 778; RC 1919, § 3020; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4402.