People v. Judges of Cayuga , 2 Johns. Cas. 68 ( 1800 )

Per Curiam.

The practice adopted in such case is first to grant a rule to show cause. On showing cause, it is in the discretion of the court to grant a peremptory mandamus or not, as the case may require. Take a rule to show cause.(^a)

a (a) See The People v. Judges of Washington, 1 Caines, 511; The People v. Troop, 12 Wend. 183. See also, the note to Fish v. Weatherwax, infra, 215.