The performance of any duty made incumbent by law upon the county may be enforced by mandamus from the circuit court, according to the nature of the case.
Code 1858, § 537; Shan., § 684; Code 1932, § 1080; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-107.
Cross-References. Mandamus, title 29, ch. 25.
Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 8 Tenn. Juris., Counties, § 31; 18 Tenn. Juris., Mandamus, § 9.
Law Reviews.
Methods of Judicial Review over Administrative Actions in Tennessee, 13 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 657 (1984).