Grimsley v. Twiggs County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• using a mandamus action to compel the county to pay for part-time clerical help
• superior courts have inherent power to order payment of public funds for compelling need essential to administration of justice
• “[m]andamus is the proper ‘remedy to compel a public officer or a county board to perform a duty imposed by law’ ”
• \[m]andamus is the proper 'remedy to compel a public officer or a county board to perform a duty imposed by law'\
• “As a narrower precept of law, the statute cannot give birth to the broader precept of inherent power. The statute is a rule while inherent power is a principle. . . . As such it may not be limited by the legislative branch.”
• temporary clerical help for court clerk

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).