A private person may by mandamus enforce the performance by a corporation of a public duty as to matters in which he has a special interest.
History. Civil Code 1895, § 4869; Civil Code 1910, § 5442; Code 1933, § 64-103.
History of Code section.
The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Savannah & Ogeechee Canal Co. v. Shuman, 91 Ga. 400 , 17 S.E. 937 (1893).
Structure Georgia Code
Chapter 6 - Extraordinary Writs
§ 9-6-20. When Mandamus May Issue
§ 9-6-21. Not a Private Remedy; Enforcement of Officer’s Discretionary Acts
§ 9-6-22. Enforcement of Officer’s Duties Under Title 5
§ 9-6-23. Enforcement of Corporation’s Public Duty
§ 9-6-24. What Interest Required to Enforce Public Right
§ 9-6-25. Loss Prerequisite to Enforcing Private Right
§ 9-6-26. Mandamus Not Granted Where Fruitless, nor on Suspicion
§ 9-6-27. Time of Hearing; Notice; How and When Issues of Fact Determined