Blanchard v. City of Bristol
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol, rendered September 16, .1901, on an appeal from the Police Justice of said city imposing a fine of $12.50 on the plaintiff in error for practising law in said city, without having first paid the license tax imposed by the city.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
*470This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol, affirming’ a judgment of a police justice of that city inflicting a fine upon the plaintiff in error for a violation of an ordinance imposing a license tax upon him as an attorney-at-law.
It appears that the City Council had adopted an ordinance imposing a graduated license tax on lawyers for the privilege of practising their profession within the city limits, and providing that any lawyer who engaged in the practice without having first obtained a license therefor, should be fined not less than five dollars…
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