Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Co. v. City of Newport News
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Newport News, rendered December 10, 1900, on an appeal from the Police Justice of said city, imposing a fine on the plaintiff^ in error for doing business in said city without having paid the license taxes imposed by the ordinances of said city.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This record brings in question the authority :of the city of Newport News to levy a license tax upon the Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Co., as provided in section 19 of its tax ordinance, which is as follows:
“On each and every street railway company, twenty-five dollars each for the first ten cars, and ten dollars on each car in addition thereto used in the city, and an additional tax of fifty cents on each and every pole owned by said, company in this city."
*159It is contended that this ordinance is invalid because in violation of section 1, of Article X. of the Constitution of…
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