Legal Opinion

Town of Narrows v. Board of Supervisors

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 18, 1920PublishedCited by 20 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Giles county. Decree for defendant. Complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.

This suit was instituted in the Circuit Court of Giles county by the town of Narrows, for the purpose of having an accounting and a decree directing the treasurer of the county to pay to the complainant a certain portion of the *577road taxes collected by him of the inhabitants of the town for certain years, and to enjoin him from paying out the amounts as collected by him to others, until .the rights of the complainant had been settled and determined. There was a demurrer and answer by the defendants, but no evidence was offered. At the hearing the bill was dismissed, and. from the decree…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Flint v. Stone Tracy Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Field v. ClarkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Town of South Ottawa v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  5. Post v. SupervisorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1882

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. DodsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
  2. Higginbotham v. City of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1974
  3. City of Portsmouth v. WeissSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  4. City of Portsmouth v. City of ChesapeakeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
  5. McClain v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949

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