Town of Danville v. Blackwell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Application of'town of Danville, presented to this court November 5th, 1884, for a writ of mandamus to require the judge of the corporation court of said town to remove a suit therein pending against said town to the circuit court of said corporation for trial, notice for such removal having been made by said town under an act of the General Assembly, approved March 7th, 1884, and entitled “an act to amend section 1, chapter 170, Code 1873, in relation to the removal of…
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Application of'town of Danville, presented to this court November 5th, 1884, for a writ of mandamus to require the judge of the corporation court of said town to remove a suit therein pending against said town to the circuit court of said corporation for trial, notice for such removal having been made by said town under an act of the General Assembly, approved March 7th, 1884, and entitled “an act to amend section 1, chapter 170, Code 1873, in relation to the removal of causes from the corporation to the circuit courts,” Acts 1883-’84, page 424, which motion had been overruled and the removal…
1Opinion of the CourtFauNTLEROY, J.
The town of Danville, a municipal corporation chartered by the General Assembly of Virginia, filed its petition in this court, representing that in April, 1884, one Green Banister sued the said petitioner in the corporation court of Danville, in an action of trespass on the ease, seeking therein to recover damages to the amount of $1,000; that on July 28th, 1884, the petitioner, under the act of assembly of March 7th, 1884, in such cases made and provided, gave notice to the plaintiff below of a motion, to be made on the first day of the next September term of the said corporation court, to…
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