Legal Opinion

City of Richmond v. McKenny

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided December 1, 1952No. Record 3955Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court 1

194 Va. 427 (1952)

CITY OF RICHMOND, AND OTHERS

v.

EILEEN MCKENNY, AND OTHERS.

Record No. 3955.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 1, 1952.

J. Elliott Drinard, R. Carter Scott, Jr., Irvin G. Craig, Beverly H. Davis, Martha Conway, Max O. Laster and Beverley H. Randolph, Jr., for the appellants.

Charles E. A. Knight and John B. Welsh, for the appellees.

Present, Hudgins, C.J., and Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Smith and Whittle

1. The burden of paying taxes is upon the life tenant rather than upon the remainderman and it is the life tenant's duty to pay the taxes.

2. Defendants contested the validity…

Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · Smith; Dissent.

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stevenson v. HenkleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
  2. Powers v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  3. City of Norfolk v. StephensonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  4. Stark v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
  5. County of Albemarle v. MasseySupreme Court of Virginia · 1944

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