State ex rel. Hopkins v. Kansas Casualty & Surety Co.

Citations

• 111 Kan. 139
• 206 P. 331
• 1922 Kan. LEXIS 193

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Quo Warranto — -Original Proceedings — Discretionary Jurisdiction of Supreme Court — Case Dismissed. Although the supreme court has original jurisdiction in cases in the nature of quo warranto, and for the effective discharge of its duties thereunder it may exercise its inherent supervisory power over inferior courts, yet the exercise of such jurisdiction is not mandatory in all cases, but often discretionary, and in the absence of fraud or other extraordinary cause, that discretion will not be exercised to stay proceedings or otherwise interfere with the orderly administration of justice in an inferior court which has jurisdiction of a substantially similar cause wherein all matters alleged to invoke our original jurisdiction are and can be determined, and where any errors made in that court can be corrected on appeal.</p>