Commonwealth v. Richmond & Petersburg R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Richmond, rendered November 8, 1884. The case was heard at Richmond, and decided at Wytheville June, 1885, but was reheard and decided finally at Richmond January 21, 1886.
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
This case comes up on a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of the city of Richmond, and has been argued, and is to be determined by this court upon the facts agreed, as set forth in the single exception of the plaintiff in error to the judgment of said circuit court.
The real question in the case is, whether defendant corporation is, under the laws of this Commonwealth, exempt from taxation, as held by the judgment of the court below. The facts agreed, so far as material, are briefly these:
I. That the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company was chartered by an act of the general…
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