11-41-1 - In what cases a remedy and how obtained. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 11-41-1. In what cases a remedy and how obtained.
 

On the complaint of the state, by its Attorney General or a district attorney, in any matter affecting the public interest, or on the complaint of any private person who is interested, the judgment shall be issued by the circuit court, commanding any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, officer, or person to do or not to do an act the performance or omission of which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station, where there is not a plain, adequate, and speedy remedy in the ordinary course of law. All procedural aspects of this action shall be governed by the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1871, § 1517; 1880, § 2542; 1892, § 2846; 1906, § 3231; Hemingway's 1917, § 2533; 1930, § 2348; 1942, § 1109; Laws,  1991, ch. 573, § 77, eff from and after July 1, 1991.