Richmond-Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Davis

200 Va. 147 (1958)

RICHMOND-GREYHOUND LINES, INCORPORATED

v.

F. A. DAVIS, STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER OF VIRGINIA, ET AL.

Record No. 4877.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 10, 1958.

Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Miller, Whittle and Snead,

1. Mandamus is awarded, not of right, but in the exercise of a sound judicial discretion, and will be denied in doubtful cases. Before the writ should issue there must be a legal duty on the defendant to do the act in question and no other adequate remedy at law. And where an officer or board is vested with discretion, such discretion cannot…