Legal Opinion
Powers v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 9, 1915PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county on a motion for a judgment. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This is a proceeding by K. P. . Hamilton, late treasurer of Wise county, in which he obtained a recovery against J. W. Powers, one of his deputies, and against the sureties upon the official bond of the said Powers for the amount of certain taxes and levies and ten per cent, interest thereon, under the provisions of section 854 of the Code. This section, so far as material here, is as follows:
“If any such deputy shall fail to collect, or having collected fail to pay over to his principal any taxes or levies which he ■ ought to have collected or may have received, he and his sureties shall be…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Street v. BroaddusSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Jacobs v. WarthenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
3Cited by4 opinions
- Clevinger v. County School BoardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- Stinson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- National Surety Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Turpin v. BranamanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950