Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital v. City of Wilmington

Mandamus is a writ issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction commanding an inferior tribunal, board, corporation, or person to perform a purely ministerial duty imposed by law. The party seeking such writ must have a clear legal right to demand it, and the tribunal, board, corporation, or person must be under a present, clear, legal duty to perform the act sought to be enforced. Hospital v. Joint Committee, 234 N.C. 673, 68 S.E. 2d 862; Poole v. Bd. of Examiners, 221 N.C. 199, 19 S.E. 2d 635; Harris v. Bd. of Education, 216 N.C. 147, 4 S.E. 2d 328; Mears v. Bd. of Education, 214 N.C. 89,…