On the complaint of the state, by its Attorney General or a district attorney, in any matter affecting the public interest, or on the complaint of any private person who is interested, the judgment shall be issued by the circuit court, commanding any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, officer, or person to do or not to […]
A proceeding by mandamus may be tried and determined in termtime or in vacation; and, if tried in vacation, all the provisions of law relating to the trial and proceedings in vacation of information in the nature of quo warranto shall apply.
The complaint shall be filed in the circuit court of the county in which the tribunal, corporation, board, officer, or person made defendant, or some one or more of them, shall reside or be found; but if the judge of that court be interested, the complaint may be filed in an adjoining circuit court district.