EX PARTE VIRGINIA COMMISSIONERS


112 U.S. 177 (1884)

EX PARTE VIRGINIA COMMISSIONERS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 10, 1884.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.S. Blair, Attorney-General of Virginia, for petitioners.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

A writ of mandamus is not ordinarily granted when the party aggrieved has another adequate remedy. No formal allowance by the Circuit Court of a writ of error from this court to review a judgment of that court is required. Davidson v. Lanier, 4 Wall. 453. The writ issues in a proper case as a matter of right, but, when sued out, security must be given, and a citation to the adverse party signed...

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