LAW OF MANDAMUS. BY S. S. MERRILL OF THE ST. LOUIS BAR. STANFORD LIBRARY CHICAGO: T. H. FLOOD AND COMPANY. 1892. COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY S. S. MERRILL. 369844 STATE JOURNAL PRINTING COMPANY, MADISON, WIS. DEDICATION. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER, WILLIAM E. MERRILL, LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY, WHO ORIGINATED AND CONSTRUCTED THE MOVABLE DAM ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER NEAR PITTSBURGH, PA., AND WHO FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS WAS IN CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL WORK ON THE OHIO RIVER, |