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JOHN LE CONTE, President of the University of California v. THE TRUSTEES AND MARSHAL OF THE TOWN OF BERKELEY
The Court :
A writ of prohibition does not run to a ministerial officer. The acts sought to be prohibited were not judicial acts; therefore the writ of prohibition, which was issued in this case on the 26th day of August, 1879, was improperly issued.
Judgment reversed, and cause remanded.