Williams v. Shaffer

Quillian, Justice.

Willie Williams and Sam Martin instituted separate actions against their landlord Joseph N. Shaffer. These cases are in all material aspects alike. In each case, brought through the same counsel, the injunction is sought to prevent the plaintiff’s eviction in a dispossessory warrant proceeding on the sole grounds that “annotated Code section 61-303” is unconstitutional in that it requires the tenant in such an action to file a bond, as a condition to entering a counteraffidavit. The trial judge upon oral motion struck the petition in each case.

The constitutional attack on…