Powell v. Hansard

Head, Justice.

“There are two essential requisites of a valid application for mandamus to enforce a right, viz.: the legal duty imposed on the defendants to do the thing they are asked to do; and a pecuniary loss to the plaintiff for which he can not be compensated in damages.” Atlantic Ice & Coal Corp. v. Decatur, 154 Ga. 882 (115 S. E. 912). Ordinaries may be compelled to perform ministerial duties imposed upon them by law. Head v. Waldrup, 193 Ga. 165 (17 S. E. 2d, 585). “To entitle one to the writ of mandamus, it must appear that he has a clear legal right to have performed the particular…