Piedmont Club v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Lynch-burg, in a prosecution • against the Piedmont Club for selling liquor without license. "Verdict and judgment being against the club, it brought the case here for review. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The facts, as agreed at the trial and stated in the bill of exceptions, are as follows:
The club is a chartered organization, having among its objects the promotion of social intercourse, the maintenance of a library, reading-rooms, &c. Its administration is con*541fided to a board of governors, consisting of ten members^ elected by the stockholders. No one can be elected a member of the club who is under the age of twenty-one years. The initiation fee for persons resident in the city of Lynchburg is §25, and the regular annual dues are §30;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Seim v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1881
- Harris v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
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