Wayt v. Glasgow
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton in a proceeding by information in the nature of a quo warranto. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Joseph A. Glasgow filed an information in the nature of a quo warranto against Hampton H. Wayt, to try the right of the respondent to the office of police justice for the city of Staunton. The respondent demurred and answered, and the matter was heard upon the information, the demurrer and answer; the matters considered on demurrer being in their entirety practically the same set up by the answer, there being no controversy as to the facts of the case.
Upon a hearing of the cause before the Honorable George W. Morris, judge of the Corporation Court of the city of Charlottesville, sitting for…
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