Standard Oil Co. v. City of Fredericksburg
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg, rendered on a motion by the Standard Oil Company to be relieved from an erroneous assessment of a license tax. To a judgment overruling the motion, this writ of error was awarded. ■
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
*84This is a writ of error to so much of a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg as upholds the validity of a license tax of $150.00, imposed by ordinance of the city upon plaintiff in error, for the year beginning May 1, 1904, and ending April 30, 1905.
The learned judge of the Corporation Court has, in a written opinion, made a part of the record, stated the case fully, and discussed in a very satisfactory manner the principles of law applicable thereto, and we, therefore, adopt it as a part of this opinion.
“The defendant, the city of Fredericksburg, for the year 1903,…
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