Section 16 Clear, Existing, Unconditional Legal Right in Relator

• Library: Administrative Law 2011

To obtain the remedy of mandamus, the petitioner/relator must show that the right it seeks to enforce is clearly established and presently existing. State ex rel. Brentwood Sch. Dist. v. State Tax Comm’n, 589 S.W.2d 613, 614 (Mo. banc 1979); State ex rel. Chassaing v. Mummert, 887 S.W.2d 573, 576 (Mo. banc 1994). The writ will not lie to establish or adjudicate a legal right but only to enforce one already established. Gould v. Mo. State Bd. of Registration for Healing Arts, 841 S.W.2d 288, 291 (Mo. App...