Commonwealth v. P. Lorillard Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the City of Richmond, on an application to correct an erroneous assessment. Judgment for plaintiff. Commonwealth assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The examiner of records for the city of Richmond assessed the P. Lorillard Company, Inc., with $2,000, income tax for 1916, on income received during the year 1915, and $5,000 income tax for 1917, on income received during the year 1916, and reported it to the commissioner of the revenue, who entered the same on his books. The company feeling aggrieved thereby, applied to the hustings court of the city of Richmond for relief. The application was made on June 17, 1918, under section 567 of the Code of 1887, as amended (Code 1919, sec. 2385). The hustings court granted the relief prayed for,…
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