Richmond, Fred'g & Pot. R. R. v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
By an ordinance of the council of the city of Richmond, it was ordained that on and after the first day of January 1874, no car, engine, carriage, or other vehicle of any kind, belonging to or used by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, shall be drawn or propelled by steam upon that part of their railroad or railway track on Broad street east of Belvidere street in said city, under a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred…
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By an ordinance of the council of the city of Richmond, it was ordained that on and after the first day of January 1874, no car, engine, carriage, or other vehicle of any kind, belonging to or used by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company, shall be drawn or propelled by steam upon that part of their railroad or railway track on Broad street east of Belvidere street in said city, under a penalty of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars, to be recovered before the police justice of the city of Richmond. *The railroad company being of opinion that under…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This case is before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit court of the city of Richmond, affirming a judgment of the police justice of said city, imposing a fine upon the plaintiff in error for running its cars propelled by steam upon Broad street east of Belvidere street, in violation of a city ordinance passed September 8th; 1873.
This ordinance is entitled “an ordinance to amend the third section of an ordinance to regulate the use of Broad street by the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac^ Railroad Company;” and is in the follow-” ing words:
“Be it ordained by the council of…
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