Chaffin v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. A former judgment in this case rendered against the plaintiff in error by the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia was reversed by this court, a report of which, will be found in 114 IJ.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. A former judgment in this case rendered against the plaintiff in error by the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia was reversed by this court, a report of which, will be found in 114 IJ. S. 309. The récord at that time showed the state of the pleadings as follows: The declaration was in trespass de bonis asportatis; the defendant justified the taking, &c., as treasurer of Henrico County, charged by law with the duty of collecting taxes due the State of Virginia on property and persons in said county, alleging that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
After stating the facts in the above reported language, he continued :
The rejoinder which the Circuit Court of Henrico County permitted the defendant to file tendered no issue of fact, but one of law merely; and every question of law in the case had been covered by the former judgment of this court in this case. The proper actipn of the Circuit Court of Henrico County upon the mandate of this court would have been to have entered judgment on the pleadings in favor of the plaintiff, and proceeded to an assessment of his damages.
The act of January 14, 1882, set up in the rejoinder; is the same…
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