City of Richmond v. Dickinson

— On appellee’s suit a decree was entered enjoining the city and its officers from carrying out a contract with appellant Clifford. The assignment is that the court erred in overruling appellant’s demurrer to the complaint.

The complaint shows that the appellee is a citizen and taxpayer of the city of Richmond; that the city entered into a contract with Clifford whereby Clifford undertook to search for property that had been secreted and omitted from the tax duplicate of the city and to report discoveries thereof to the city clerk, and whereby the city undertook to pay Clifford for his…