Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 27. WRIT OF PROHIBITION

Part 1. General Provisions

Issuance Of Writ

27-27-102. Issuance of writ. A writ of prohibition may be issued by the supreme court or the district court or any district judge to any lower tribunal or to a corporation, board, or person in all cases in which there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. The writ is issued upon an affidavit on the application of the person beneficially interested.

History: En. Sec. 562, p. 184, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 562, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 580, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1981, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7228, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9862, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1103; re-en. Sec. 9862, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-9202; amd. Sec. 52, Ch. 10, L. 1993.