Black v. Sherwood
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Elizabeth city, rendered May 26th, 1886, in the cause wherein the appellees, 0. S. Sherwood and others, the committee for the management,of the Norfolk county ferries, and others, were complainants, and the appellants, George ~W. Black, collector of the city of Nor-r folk, and others were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This controversy is over the claim of the city of Norfolk to assess and tax a lot of ground situated in the said city, and belonging to the county of Norfolk and city of Portsmouth. The same is used by the said county and city as a landing-place for their ferry, established by law, between the two cities *907of Norfolk and Portsmouth, which is maintained by the said county of Norfolk and city of Portsmouth, from its landing in the city of Portsmouth, and the town of Berkley, across Elizabeth river, to Norfolk city. The steamer Manhasset, being seized by Black, the city collector, and advertised…
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