Legal Opinion · Dissent

Board of Regents of University & State Colleges v. Frohmiller

Arizona Supreme Court

Decided August 1, 1949No. 5229Published

1DissentPhelps, Justice

I am sorry to dissent from the majority opinion in this case but feel constrained to do so upon the ground that mandamus does not lie in this case.

Section 28-201, A.C.A.1939, provides in so far as we are here concerned that: “The writ of mandamus may be issued by the supreme or superior court on the verified complaint of the party beneficially interested, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, * * *, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially imposes as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station, * *

While the creditors are the parties primarily…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Wilbur v. United States Ex Rel. KadrieSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
  2. Welch v. SwaseySupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. Threadgill v. Cross, Secretary of StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Interstate Commerce Commission v. United States Ex Rel. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  5. Welch v. SwaseyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907

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