Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Coffey v. Judge of the District Court

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1893PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Original Application in this Court for Writ of Mandamus.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott

Relators were plaintiffs in error in the action for specific performance reviewed in Coffey et al. v. Emigh et al., 15 Colo. 184. They now ask for a writ of mandamus from this court to compel the district court of Boulder county to enter a decree, requiring the specific performance of the written agreement considered in that cause in conformity to the decision and opinion rendered therein by this court.

1. When this court reverses and remands a cause with directions to the lower court to enter a particular judgment, and the lower court, either from mistaking the meaning of the *501mandate, or for…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Ex Parte Dubuque and Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1864
  2. Duffitt & Ramsey v. CrozierSupreme Court of Kansas · 1883
  3. Colorado M. R'y Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
  4. Coffee v. EmighSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
  5. People ex rel. Rucker v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Corthell v. MeadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  2. Rockwell v. CoffeySupreme Court of Colorado · 1894
  3. People ex. rel. Warren v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Colorado · 1902
  4. People ex rel. Du Bois v. District CourtSupreme Court of Colorado · 1904

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