Bennett v. Board of Supervisors of Pearl River County

RANDOLPH, Justice,

Specially Concurring:

¶ 13. A writ of mandamus is “an extraordinary writ, available only where there is not a plain, adequate and speedy legal or administrative remedy.” In re Chisolm, 837 So.2d 183, 189 (Miss.2003) (quoting Cowan v. Gulf City Fisheries, Inc., 344 So.2d 724, 725 (Miss.1977)) (emphasis added). In their “Complaint for Writ of Mandamus,” Richard H. Bennett and the Concerned Citizens of Pearl River County, Mississippi (“Plaintiffs”) seek to engage the judiciary to require a governing body, the Board, to perform an act not authorized by law. Since the statute…