Ansonia Water Company's Application for Mandamus

68 A. 378, 80 Conn. 326, 1907 Conn. LEXIS 53

• Court: Supreme Court of Connecticut
• Decided: December 17, 1907
• Status: Published

Opinion

Per Curiam.

Since the organization of this court the use of mandamus as an appropriate procedure for the exercise of its jurisdiction has never been sanctioned by any practice or custom. The statutes regulating procedure do not purport to authorize this court to issue writs of mandamus in the exercise of original jurisdiction, nor to use mandamus as an appropriate process for an exercise of appellate jurisdiction. It is useless, therefore, to inquire whether or not it may be practicable for the legislature, in view of the nature of the jurisdiction vested in this court, to utilize the action of mandamus for the purpose of invoking and enforcing that jurisdiction. It is sufficient for the disposition of this case, that this court is not authorized, either by custom or statute, to issue the writ asked for in the application.

The application is dismissed.

In this opinion the other judges concurred.