Commonwealth v. Chaffin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered June 26th, 1890, in a proceeding wherein R. B. Chaffin, James B. Harvie and' Robert H. Gilliam, partners trading as R. B. Chaffin & Co., were plaintiffs, and the Commonwealth of Virginia was defendant. The judgment being adverse to the defendant, she brought the case here for revision. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The defendants in error filed their petition in the court below alleging that, being indebted to the State in the sum of $120 for taxes, they tendered to the proper officer, in payment-thereof, past due tax-receivable coupons of the State, who received the same for the purpose of identification and verification, etc. And the prayer of the petition was that a jury be impanelled to try the question of the genuineness of the coupons, according to the provisions of section 408 of the Code.
To this petition the Commonwealth demurred, but the demurrer was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Greenhow v. VashonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
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