Section 62 Extraordinary Remedies

• Library: Prof Liability 2005

In State ex rel. Willman v. St. Joseph Hospital, 684 S.W.2d 408 (Mo. App. W.D. 1984), the court observed that mandamus is a remedy designed to enforce, not establish, a right. For mandamus to apply “there must be an existing, clear, unconditional legal right in the relator, and a corresponding present, imperative, unconditional duty on...