Legal Opinion
City of Richmond v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 22, 1948No. Record No. 3389PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStaples, J.
This is an appeal by the city of Richmond from an order entered by the State Corporation Commission on October 3, 1947, denying the city’s application for the review and correction of the Commission’s assessment of the value of certain real estate and tangible personal property belonging to the appellee, Virginia Electric and Power Company, located in the city. The gravamen of the complaint is that, instead of assessing the said properties for taxation by the city at their fair market value, the Commission assessed them at only forty per cent thereof. This was the result of applying a…
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