South & Western Railway Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Cburt. of the- city of Bristol in a proceeding hy quo warranto in the name of the Commonwealth at the relation of O'. B. Elanary and others against South & Western Railway Company. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchaNAN, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Corporation 'Court of the city of Bristol in a quo warranto proceeding, by which it was determined that the plaintiff in error had forfeited all its rights, privileges, and franchises as a corporation in this State, because it had failed to construct and have in operation thirty miles of its road in this State within the time required by its charter. - ■
The first assignment of error to be considered, and the only one that can he considered if it is sustained, is that the trial court had no authority to issue the writ of quo warranto upon the…
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