Prall v. Stafford
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Prall v. Stafford, 42 App. D.C. 383 (D.C. 1914)
1914 U.S. App. LEXIS 2294
Shepard
Prall v. Stafford
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to Honorable .Wendell P. Stafford, one of the justices of the supreme court
The original cause was decided by this court May 30, 1912, Prall v. Prall, 39 App. D. C. 100.
Mandamus is not the proper remedy. The most appropriate remedy would be by appeal, in which this court could direct the proper decree to be rendered. The case having been reversed by this court and the cause remanded for the proper decree, there should be no difficulty about it.
The petition is dismissed without costs. Dismissed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- PRALL v. STAFFORD
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- Syllabus
- Mandamus; Judgment; Appeal and Erbob. Mandamus is not the proper remedy to compel a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to enter a final decree in a cause remanded thereto by this court, the appropriate remedy being by appeal.