Hulvey v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in case of a contested election. To a judgment adverse to tho: contestants they assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The writ of error in this case was allowed by one of the judges of this court to the judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county, declaring valid an election under chapter 25, Virginia Code (1904), against licensing the sale of intoxicating liquors in Basie City.
We are met at the threshold of the inquiry by the question of jurisdiction.
Section 586a (Code, 1904) declares that “in judging of such election and return the court shall proceed on the merits thereof, and decide the same on the constitution and laws and according to the right of the case, and enter such order as will carry its…
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