9-6-23. Enforcement of corporation’s public duty.

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A private person may by mandamus enforce the performance by a corporation of a public duty as to matters in which he has a special interest.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

Civil Code 1895, § 4869; Civil Code 1910, § 5442; Code 1933, § 64-103.

History of Section.: The language of this Code section is derived in part from the decision in Savannah & Ogeechee Canal Co. v. Shuman, 91 Ga. 400, 17 S.E. 937 (1893).

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