Mr. Justice STRONG delivered the opinion of the court. The office of a writ of mandamus is to compel the perforrhance of a duty resting upon the person to whom the writ is sent. That duty may have originated in one way or in another. It may, as is alleged in the present case, have arisen from the acceptance of an…
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