A Treatise on Extraordinary Legal Remedies: Embracing Mandamus, Quo Warranto, and Prohibition |
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... statute . Wherever , therefore , an express remedy is afforded by statute , plain and specific in its nature , and fully adequate to redress the grievance complained of , mandamus will not lie.1 And the fact that the person aggrieved ...
... statute . Wherever , therefore , an express remedy is afforded by statute , plain and specific in its nature , and fully adequate to redress the grievance complained of , mandamus will not lie.1 And the fact that the person aggrieved ...
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... statute , but the tendency of the courts seems to be to adhere to the well estab- lished rules of the common law governing the jurisdiction , in all cases where these rules are applicable . In illustration of this tendency , where it is ...
... statute , but the tendency of the courts seems to be to adhere to the well estab- lished rules of the common law governing the jurisdiction , in all cases where these rules are applicable . In illustration of this tendency , where it is ...
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... statute that the writ " shall be issued in all cases where there is not a plain , speedy , and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law , " the courts will construe the latter section as a limitation upon the powers conferred by ...
... statute that the writ " shall be issued in all cases where there is not a plain , speedy , and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law , " the courts will construe the latter section as a limitation upon the powers conferred by ...
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... statute , declaring that a banking association , having com- plied with the law in all respects , was entitled. banking . Although the mandamus was refused , on other grounds , the court held that as to purely minis- terial acts ...
... statute , declaring that a banking association , having com- plied with the law in all respects , was entitled. banking . Although the mandamus was refused , on other grounds , the court held that as to purely minis- terial acts ...
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... statute the governor is required to authenticate as laws all bills which have passed both houses of the legislature , the act of authentication has been treated merely as a ministerial act , partaking in no manner of an executive ...
... statute the governor is required to authenticate as laws all bills which have passed both houses of the legislature , the act of authentication has been treated merely as a ministerial act , partaking in no manner of an executive ...
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Page 416 - to issue writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Page 417 - When an instrument organizing fundamentally a judicial system divides it into one Supreme and so many inferior courts as the Legislature may ordain and establish; then enumerates its powers, and proceeds so far to distribute them as to define the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, by declaring...
Page 416 - The Secretary of State, being a person holding an office under the authority of the United States, is precisely within the letter of the description; and if this court is not authorized to issue a writ of mandamus to such an officer, it must be because the law is unconstitutional, and therefore absolutely incapable of conferring the authority, and assigning the duties which its words purport to confer and assign, The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States...
Page 417 - If it had been intended to leave it in the discretion of the legislature to apportion the judicial power between the supreme and inferior courts according to the will of that body, it would certainly have been useless to have proceeded further than to have defined the judicial power, and the tribunals in which it should be vested.
Page 106 - A writ of mandamus is, in general, a command issuing in the king's name from the court of king's bench, and directed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature, within the king's dominions; requiring them to do some particular thing therein specified, which appertains to their office and duty, and which the court of king's bench has previously determined, or at least supposes, to be consonant to right and justice.
Page 30 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Page 418 - That all the before-mentioned courts of the United States shall have power to issue writs of scire facias, habeas corpus, and all other writs, not specially provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions, and agreeable to the principles and usages of law.
Page 443 - A writ of quo warranta is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supports his claim, in order to determine the right...
Page 25 - ... acts or duties necessarily calling for the exercise of judgment and discretion, on the part of the officer or body at whose hands their performance is required, mandamus will not lie.
Page 283 - It is equally clear that where a State has authorized a municipal corporation to contract and to exercise the power of local taxation to the extent necessary to meet its engagements, the power thus given cannot be withdrawn until the contract is satisfied.