Writs of mandamus, 1822-1844, bulk 1822, 1825-1844.

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Writs of mandamus, 1822-1844, bulk 1822, 1825-1844.

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Writs of mandamus commanded a public officer or corporation to perform a duty or to show cause why they should not perform it. Most writs served on courts of common pleas ordered that judges perform or vacate a rule, set aside a verdict, or quash an appeal. This series consists of writs of mandamus issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a public officer or public corporation to show cause why he or it should not perform a duty (alternative mandamus), or to perform it (peremptory mandamus). The formal plaintiff in the cause is the "people of the State of New York ex rel" (ex relatione, "on the relation of" a private individual, who is known as the relator). The attorney for the plaintiff is the Attorney General when the relator is the People on its own behalf. In other cases private attorneys represent the relator. The defendants may be judges of a county Court of Common Pleas (the majority of cases in this series), sheriffs, town commissioners of highways, judges of a mayor's court, the Canal Commissioners or Canal Appraisers, a county board of supervisors, or any other public officer or body. One case (1845) involves a charge that the Governor and Secretary of State had not distributed surplus volumes of the Natural History of the State of New-York as required by law.

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