Legal Opinion
Hamilton v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 12, 1925PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWest, J.
Harry M. Hamilton was convicted under a warrant •charging him with unlawfully passing through a toll gate on the Middlebrook road, in Augusta county, *574without paying toll as required by law, and fined $5.00. Upon an appeal to the circuit court the judgment was affirmed, and to that judgment this writ of error was allowed.
The Middlebrook road runs from Staunton to the Rockbridge county line, and was first built in 1910. It was macadamized in 1913-1920.
The State convict road force was established in 1906. Acts 1906, p. 74. In 1908 State money aid, in addition to convict labor, was provided for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Richmond & Petersburg R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1886
- Harrison & Byrd v. WisslerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Ferguson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Trehy v. MaryeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
- Chapman v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
3Cited by3 opinions
- Ingram v. HarrisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- County School Board v. Town of HerndonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
- El-Meswari v. Dean P. Yeonas OrganizationFairfax County Circuit Court · 1991