Gates & Son Co. v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Hustings Court of the city of Richmond, affirming a judgment of the Police Justice of said city, imposing a fine on the plaintiff in error for violating a city ordinance.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The plaintiff in error, a corporation, whose place of business fronts on Fourteenth street in the city of Richmond, was fined by a police justice for the alleged violation of an ordinance of the city in obstructing said street.
The obstruction complained of was occasioned by the use of a movable “gang-plank/5 or “skid/5 a contrivance composed of two parallel pieces of timber about twelve feet long and twelve inches apart, sheathed with iron, and held together by wooden cross-pieces. The skid was extended from the front door of the .storehouse across the sidewalk to delivery wagons in the…
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