661.1 - DEFINITION.

        661.1  DEFINITION.         The action of mandamus is one brought to obtain an order      commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to do      or not to do an act, the performance or omission of which the law      enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [R60, § 3761; C73, § 3373; C97, § 4341; S13, § 4341; C24, 27, 31,      35, 39, § 12440; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81,      § 661.1]