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)
(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.