Thomas v. Snead
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment rendered April 30, 1900, by tbe judge1 of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg, in vacation, on an application for a writ of mandamus, wherein the plaintiff in error was the petitioner, and the defendant in error was the respondent.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The principal question involved in this case is the validity of certain ordinances of the city council of the city of Lynchburg exempting, or attempting to exempt, from taxation the capital stock of eight joint stock companies, and the capital of one partnership, all manufacturing concerns doing business in the city.
The exempting ordinances are substantially the same, and the following is a copy of the ordinance exempting the Lynchburg Plow Works, one of the eight joint stock companies:
“Be it ordained by the Council of the city of Lynchburg, that the Lynchburg Plow Works be and 'the same is…
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