Wilcox v. Hunter

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The petition of J. W. Wilcox, a resident'-of the city of Norfolk, represents to this court that he is an attorney at law, duly licensed to practice in the courts of the state; thatthetax imposed upon him for that privilege is $25 per annum ; that, desiring to procure a license, he tendered to W. W. Hunter, treasurer *435of Norfolk, an officer appointed by law to receive said tax, 75 cents in money, being the amount of the fee of the commissioner, and §25 in tax-receivable coupons issued by the state, which by law are receivable in payment of said tax ;…