Case Name: State of Louisiana ex rel. John Pasley vs. Recorder of Mortgages et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1880
Citations: 32 La. Ann. 1306
Docket Number: No. 7699
Parties: State of Louisiana ex rel. John Pasley vs. Recorder of Mortgages et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Louisiana Annual Reports
Volume: 32
Pages: 1306–1306

Head Matter:
No. 7699.
State of Louisiana ex rel. John Pasley vs. Recorder of Mortgages et al.

Opinion:
'The writ of Mccnda/nms Is only intended to enforce a clearly recognized right and compel the performance of a ministerial duty with respect to that right. It is to supply the want of any other adequate remedy, not to supersede the ordinary forms.
'The right to have a privilege or mortgage cancelled cannot he tested unless those having a real or pretended interest he made parties.