 | James Lambert High - Extraordinary remedies - 1874 - 726 pages
...judicial courts of the United States authorizes the supreme court 1to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.1 The secretary of state, being a person holding an office... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Criminal law - 1874 - 834 pages
...authority to issue a mandamus is also given to the supreme court in cases warranted by the principle and usages of law, to any courts appointed or persons holding office under the authority of the United States. I So much of this act has been held unconstitutional, as... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 912 pages
...judiciary act of 1793 the United States supreme court received power to issue writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law "to any courts appointed or persons holding office under the authority of the United States;" but in Marbury «. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137, the latter clause... | |
 | Law - 1875 - 722 pages
...United States authorizes the Supreme Court of the United States to issue the writ of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed or persons holding office under the authority of the United States. The secretary of state, being a person holding an office... | |
 | William O. Bateman - Constitutional law - 1876 - 416 pages
...137. The Judiciary Act, J 13, had authorized the Supreme Court to issue writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed by, •or persons holding office under, the authority of the United States ; but the court was of opinion... | |
 | William Edward Miller - Courts - 1881 - 728 pages
...courts, when proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; and writs of mandamus, incases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed under the authority of the United States, or to persons holding office under the authority of the United... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1066 pages
...pleading filed in the United States circuit court; since Rev. St. U. 8. g 6S8, only confers power to issue writs of mandamus warranted by the principles and..."to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States. " Motion of Thomas A. Green for leave to file a petition... | |
 | Erastus Thatcher - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 640 pages
...when proceeding as courts of admiralty ami maritime jurisdiction ; and writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed under the authority of the United States, or to persons holding office under the authority of the United... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 762 pages
...courts Avhen proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction; and writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed or persons holding offices under the authority of the United States. "A mandamus to an officer," he observes, "is held... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 526 pages
...courts, when proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, and writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding offices, under the authority of the United States. A mandamus to an officer is said to be the exercise... | |
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to issue writs of mandamus in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States. 
