David Graf v. Clark B. Frame

1. "A writ of mandamus will not issue unless three elements coexist--(1) a clear [legal] right in the petitioner to the relief sought; (2) a [clear] legal duty on the part of respondent to do the thing which the petitioner seeks to compel; and (3) the absence of another adequate remedy. Syl. pt. 2, State ex rel. Kucera v. City of Wheeling, 153 W.Va. 538, 170 S.E.2d 367 (1969)." Syl., Oakley v. Gainer, 175 W.Va. 115, 331 S.E.2d 846 (1985).