Case Name: The People against The Judges of Cayuga, &c.
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1800-10
Citations: 2 Johns. Cas. 68
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People against The Judges of Cayuga, &c.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Cases
Volume: 2
Pages: 68–68

Head Matter:
The People against The Judges of Cayuga, &c.
Where a court of common pleas refuses to give judgment in a cause before them, this court will not grant a mandamus, until after a rule to show cause has first been granted for the purpose.
Mumford, on an affidavit, stating that a verdict had been obtained, in an action depending in the common pleas of Cayuga county, on which the court refused or delayed to give judgment, moved for a mandamus to the judges of that court, commanding them to pronounce judgment on the verdict.

Opinion:
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) 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.