State ex rel. Hasbrouck v. City of Milwaukee

A motion is made to quash the alternative writ on various grounds, only one of which we deem it necessary to notice.

It is objected that the writ does not specify any particular duty to be performed, hut states several acts, and commands the respondents to perform one or the other of them, without designating which one they are required to perform.

The rule seems to he -well settled, that the mandatory clause of the writ should expressly state the duty required of the defendant. Tapping on Mandamus, *327; State v. The Supervisors of Beloit, 20 Wis., 80. Here the command is, that the defendant pay…