Wisconsin Supreme Court June 4, 1881 (State ex rel. Pfister v. Mayor of Manitowoc)

Cassoday, J.

A peremptory writ of' mandamus is an extraordinary remedy to coerce the performance of a preexisting duty, or clear and specific legal right, and hence should be granted only where the duty or right is clearly established, *427and the facts upon which it is based are undisputed. That such is the law would seem to be well established by the decisions of this and other courts.