{"data":{"id":"us-nm/44-2-4","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"44-2-4","heading":"[Purpose of writ; judicial discretion not controlled.]","body":"It may be issued to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station; but though it may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment, or proceed to the discharge of any of its functions, it cannot control judicial discretion.","path":["Chapter 44 - Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters","ARTICLE 2 Mandamus"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18545/index.do","current_through":"2023-06-16","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"6c0cd78d0ef71257881fda32f87f424413104e3ccd494517cbe8b2dacf7d36eb","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/44-2-3","next":"us-nm/44-2-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}