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title: O.C.G.A. § 9-6-23. Enforcement of corporation’s public duty.
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# O.C.G.A. § 9-6-23. Enforcement of corporation’s public duty.

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.

## History

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).