Martin's Executors v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of city of Richmond, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for money. Judgment for the Commonwealth. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a proceeding by motion in the name of the Commonwealth to recover excess compensation collected by Alvah Martin, clerk of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county, over and above the maximum amount allowed by an act of the General Assembly, approved March 27, 1914, commonly known as the “West fee bill” (Acts 1914, p. 707). After the motion was instituted Alvah Martin died, and the case was revived against his executors. The only defense offered was that the act violated sections 51 and 63 of the Virginia Constitution, and was, therefore, null…
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