Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. City of Newport News
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The telephone company, plaintiff below, brought this suit in equity for redress of its alleged grievances. The trial court sustained a demurrer and dismissed the bill as amended on the ground that the plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law. This appeal brings up for review the validity of that ruling.
The purposes of the bill were to have declared unconstitutional and void an ordinance of the city adopted on April 30, 1951, imposing a license tax of 3% of the company’s gross receipts from its local telephone exchange service within the city; to enjoin the collection of the tax, and if, prior…
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