S. & R. R. R. v. Supervisors of Norfolk County
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Norfolk county, entered January 2d, 1886, in an injunction suit wherein The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company was plaintiff, and the board of supervisors of Norfolk county and George A. WilBon, treasurer, and B. Y. Adams, deputy treasurer of said county, were defendants.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Norfolk county, entered January 2d, 1886, in an injunction suit wherein The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company was plaintiff, and the board of supervisors of Norfolk county and George A. WilBon, treasurer, and B. Y. Adams, deputy treasurer of said county, were defendants. The object of the injunction was to restrain the treasurer from selling property of the plaintiff levied on for taxes assessed by the'said board for county and school purposes for the year 1881. The circuit court dissolved the injunction with costs to the defendants. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The question involved in the case is the power of the appellee, the board of supervisors of Norfolk county, to tax the appellant company, the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad Company. The general assembly of Virginia passed an act which was approved March 13,1877, (Acts 1876-77, p. 138,) by which it is provided that every railroad company not exempted by virtue of its charter from taxation shall be taxed, and the act prescribes how the property of the same shall be assessed and taxed for State purposes. By an act passed July 25, 1880, (Acts 1879-80, p. 82,) it is provided that the board of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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