27-26-102. When and by whom issued. (1) A writ of mandamus may be issued by the supreme court or the district court or any judge of the district court to any lower tribunal, corporation, board, or person to compel the performance of an act that the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station or to compel the admission of a party to the use and enjoyment of a right or office to which the party is entitled and from which the party is unlawfully precluded by the lower tribunal, corporation, board, or person.

(2) The writ must be issued in all cases in which there is not a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law.

History: (1)En. Sec. 383, p. 122, Bannack Stat.; amd. Sec. 442, p. 224, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 518, p. 141, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 548, p. 181, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 548, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 566, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1961, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7214, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9848, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1085; re-en. Sec. 9848, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 93-9102, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 384, p. 123, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 443, p. 224, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 519, p. 141, Cod. Stat. 1871; re-en. Sec. 549, p. 181, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 549, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 567, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; amd. Sec. 1962, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7215, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9849, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1086; re-en. Sec. 9849, R.C.M. 1935; Sec. 93-9103, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 93-9102, 93-9103(part); amd. Sec. 50, Ch. 10, L. 1993.