Roche v. Jones
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Elizabeth city county,, rendered February 7th, 1890, in a cause wherein W. W. Roche and others (liquor dealers under the laws of the State) are complainants, and I. S. Jones, sergeant of the town of Hampton, Virginia, and Jesse S. Jones, treasurer of said town,, are defendants. The decree being adverse to Roche and others, they appealed to this court. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
'The prayer of the bill in this cause was to restrain and perpetually enjoin the aforesaid defendants from collecting the license tax imposed by an ordinance of the council of the said town of Hampton, passed 28th June, 1889, An injunction was awarded according to the prayer of the bill on the 17th of July, 1889, by the judge of the corporation court of the city of Uorfolk, and on the 7th day of February, 1890, the circuit court of Elizabeth City county, by the decree appealed from, dissolved the said injunction and dismissed the bill of complainants.
The validity of the tax is assailed (1)…
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