Callan v. Bransford
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Lynch-burg, rendered June 4, 1889, in the case of Pat Callan against John W. Bransford, treasurer of said city, and in the 44 other cases, styled as above, against the same defendant. The judgments being respectively against the plaintiffs, they severally obtained thereto writs of error and supersedeas from one of the judges of this court.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The action in this, and all the cases submitted with this, is assumpsit, for the recovery of $222, which was paid to the defendant in error for taxes due to the state of Virginia, as provided by the general assessment and tax laws of the commonwealth. The plaintiff in error seems to have tendered certain printed or engraved slips, claimed by him to be the obligations of the state. But, however this may be, this suit is an action to recover from the defendant in error money amounting to $222. ' It is not a suit to compel the receipt, on the part of the state of her obligations, hut simply an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McIntosh v. BradenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885