Case Name: PRALL v. STAFFORD
Court: District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Decision Date: 1914-11-02
Citations: 42 App. D.C. 383
Docket Number: No. 423
Parties: PRALL v. STAFFORD.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
Volume: 42
Pages: 383–384

Head Matter:
PRALL v. STAFFORD.
Mandamus; Judgment; Appeal and Erbob.
Mandamus is not the proper remedy to compel a justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia to enter a final decree in a cause remanded thereto by this court, the appropriate remedy being by appeal.
No. 423.
Original. Submitted May 26, 1914.
Decided November 2, 1914.
Petition for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, one of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, to enter a final decree in a case that had been remanded to that court.
Dismissed.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
The petitioner, Mrs. Elizabeth G. Frail, appeared in person.
There was no appearance in opposition.

Opinion:
Mr. Chief Justice Shepard
delivered the opinion of the Court:
This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to Honorable .Wendell P. Stafford, one of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, to compel him to enter a final decree in a cause that has been remanded to that court.
The original cause was decided by this court May 30, 1912, Prall v. Prall, 39 App. D. C. 100.
Mandamus is not the proper remedy. The most appropriate remedy would be by appeal, in which this court could direct the proper decree to be rendered. The case having been reversed by this court and the cause remanded for the proper decree, there should be no difficulty about it.
The petition is dismissed without costs. Dismissed.