Bois v. Manchester

There are two main issues here, first, whether mandamus lies against the defendant Cullity and the city of Manchester to compel Cullity, the superintendent of public buildings, to order the defendants to cease from altering their premises. Second, whether the defendants R. C. Peabody Co., Inc. and Seven Twenty Union Street, Inc. should be restrained from altering the premises at 720 Union Street and from introducing any new businesses there.

As to the first question, it is the law that mandamus is an extraordinary remedy which is granted “only when the plaintiff has a clear and apparent right”…