Henrico County v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henrico county,, on an application to extend the limits of the city of Richmond-Judgment for petitioners. County of Henrico assigns error-
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The subject matter of this controversy is the extension of the corporate limits of the city of Eichmond. The evidence before the Circuit Court is not in the record before us, the appellant having appealed solely upon the legal questions involved. Under these circumstances it must be assumed that the evidence was legal, and sufficient to justify the conclusion reached by the Circuit Court upon all questions of fact.
Prior to the adoption of the constitution of Virginia, which took effect on the 10th day of duly, 1902, the Legislature exercised the power of passing special statutes for the…
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