Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of Charlottesville
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of city of Charlottesville, in a proceeding by warrant against a telegraph company for failure to pay a license tax. Judgment for the city. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was a proceeding by warrant issued by a police justice of the city, of Charlottesville against the plaintiff in error to show cause why it should not be fined for conducting intrastate telegraph business therein without having paid the license tax of $100 imposed by city ordinance for that privilege. The punishment prescribed for violation of the ordinance is a fine of not less than $2.50 nor more than $10.00 for each day’s default. From a judgment of the police justice imposing a fine of $200 for continuing delinquencies the company…
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- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Norfolk & Western R. Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
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