Warwick v. Mayo
Supreme Court of Virginia
In Januarj- 1859 Abraham Warwick and William J. Barksdale presented their petition to the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, praying the court to prohibit Joseph Mayo, the mayor of the city, from imposing a fine upon them, for placing an obstruction in what was said to be 12th street.
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In Januarj- 1859 Abraham Warwick and William J. Barksdale presented their petition to the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, praying the court to prohibit Joseph Mayo, the mayor of the city, from imposing a fine upon them, for placing an obstruction in what was said to be 12th street. After stating that the majror had imposed one fine upon them for obstructing said street, and that he w*as proceeding to impose upon.them further fines for the same matter, they alleged that in. an action of ejectment which they had brought ^against the city of Richmond, they had recovered the ground on…
1Opinion of the Court
ABBEN, P.
The plaintiffs in error preferred a petition to the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, which was verified by-affidavit, and by which they prayed for a rule against the defendant in error to "'show cause why he should not be prohibited from inflicting a fine of twenty dollars upon the plaintiffs for each day they should continue to hold the exclusive possession of a piece of ground on the western side of twelfth street in the said city, by enclosing the same. The proceeding is founded on the Code, ch. 155, p. 612; which provides that it shall not be necessary to file a suggestion…
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