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BURLAND vs. NORTHWESTERN MUT. BEN. ASSN

Michigan Supreme Court1898
1 McGrath 147 M., 424

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Opinion

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Mandamus proceedings do not adjudicate rights, but are a mode of enforcing existing rights or compelling the performance of acknowledged duty. The award of mandamus concludes nothing and cannot be pleaded in bar, and its denial will not sustain error.