Legal Opinion

City of Norfolk v. Board of Trade & Business Men's Ass'n

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 11, 1909PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk on an appeal from the police justice. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

The writs of error awarded in these two cases present the same question, the cases were submitted together for decision, and will be disposed of in this opinion.

Upon the agreed statement of facts filed in the record, defendants in error are each bona, fide social clubs, by virtue of the laws of Virginia, chartered and organized prior to April 16, 1903. Each of them paid to the treasurer of the city of Norfolk, in due time, $350.00 claimed against them, respectively, as all that was due for license taxes under the laws of Virginia for the year 3905. The city of Norfolk, by its ordinance,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Town of Phoebus v. Manhattan Social ClubSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
  2. Duncan v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1986
  3. Couk v. SkeenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1908

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Rich v. StephensUtah Supreme Court · 1932
  2. State v. AtkinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910

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