...170, 2 L. ed. 71, Chief Justice Mar shall stated the principle in a single sentence •when he said: "It is not by the office of the person to whom the...impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined." In Kendall v. United Mate», Stoke», 12 Pet. 595. 9 L. ed. 1209, the Attorney General of the United...

...Marbury v. Jfaditon, 5 US l Cranch, 170 [2 L. ed. Щ. In tbe latter case the chief justice declared: "It is not by the office of the person to whom the...writ is directed, but the nature of the thing to be doue, that the propriety or impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined. Where the head of...

...be such a case as would, were any other individual the party complained of, authorize the process? It is not by the office of the person to whom the...impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined. Where the head of a department acts in a case, in which executive discretion is to be exercised ; in...

...such presiding officer. In Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch, 137, 170, 2 L. Ed. 60, Marshall, CJ, says: "It Is not by the office of the person to whom the...Impropriety of issuing a mandamus, is to be determined." and 130 New York State Reporter Peremptory writ of mandamus often issues to such local bodies of legislative...

...executive, legislative or judicial. ln Marlury v. Madison, (1 Cranch, 170) Chief Justice Marshall said: 'lt is not by the office of the person to whom the writ is directed, "but ike nature of the thing to be done, that the propriety or impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be...

...It be applied to mandamus to the chief executive, may be applied even more forcibly to certiorari : "It is not by the office of the person to whom the...Impropriety of Issuing a mandamus is to be determined." For the purpose of this question. It may be conceded that the weight of authority and reason are in...

...one executive in character. Chief Justice Marshall laid down the following rule for a case like this: It is not by the office of the person to whom the writ is directed, but by the nature of the thing to be done, that the propriety or impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to...

...certain commission which had been signed by the outgoing President, and Chief Justice Marshall, observed: "It is not by the office of the person to whom the...impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined. Where the head of a department acts in a case, in which executive discretion is to be exercised —...

...outgoing President, and Chief Justice Marshall, observed: "It is not by the office of the person to \vhom the writ is directed, but the nature of the thing...impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to be determined. Where the head of a department acts in a case, in which executive discretion is to be exercised —...

...officers, and the rules laid down by Chief Justice Marshall in Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137-171, "It is not by the office of the person to whom the writ is directed, but by the nature of the thing to be done, that the propriety or impropriety of issuing a mandamus is to...