General Principles
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (1998)
Most recently applied in Stop Youth Addiction, Inc. v. Lucky Stores, Inc. (February 1998)
Enacted 1872.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Specific relief is given:
1. By taking possession of a thing, and delivering it to a claimant;
2. By compelling a party himself to do that which ought to be done; or,
3. By declaring and determining the rights of parties, otherwise than by an award of damages.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.