Where the question is one of public right and the object is to procure the enforcement of a public duty, no legal or special interest need be shown, but it shall be sufficient that a plaintiff is interested in having the laws executed and the duty in question enforced.
History. Code 1933, § 64-104.
Law reviews.
For article, “A Taxing Exception: Southern LNG, Inc. v. MacGinnitie’s Narrow Interpretation of the Mandamus Exception,” see 66 Mercer L. Rev. 855 (2015).
For annual survey of administrative law, see 67 Mercer L. Rev. 1 (2015).
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