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EX PARTE MANY, 55 U. S. 24 (1852)

55 U. S. 24

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Ex Parte Many, 55 U.S. 14 How. 24 24 (1852)

Ex Parte Many

55 U.S. (14 How.) 24

Syllabus

Where there was a blank in the record of the circuit court in the taxation of the costs recovered by the plaintiff, and the judgment being affirmed by this Court, a mandate with the same blank went down to the circuit court, and a motion was there made to open the original judgment for the purpose of taxing the costs, which motion was refused by the court, such refusal cannot be reached by a mandamus from this Court.

The refusal of the court was not a ministerial act, but an exercise of judicial discretion. This Court could issue a mandamus for the circuit court to proceed to judgment, but such a writ would not be appropriate to the present case.


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