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EX PARTE BROWN

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116 U.S. 401 (1886)

6 S.Ct. 387

29 L.Ed. 676

EX PARTE BROWN & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 18, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Leander Holmes and Mr. John H. Mitchell for the motion.

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

This motion is denied. According to the petition, the court entertained jurisdiction of the cause, but dismissed it for want of due prosecution; that is to say, because errors had not been assigned in accordance with the rules of practice applicable to the form of the action. This is a judgment which can only be reviewed by writ of error or appeal, as the case may be. Mandamus lies to compel a court to take...

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