City of Norfolk v. Norfolk County
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Norfolk county in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtSims, J.
The court below sustained the demurrer of the defendant, the county of Norfolk, to the declaration of the plaintiff, the city of Norfolk.
The declaration contains two counts. .The first is the common law count of indebitatus assumpsit for money had and received. The second is a special count.
There was an account filed with the declaration.
The facts alleged in the declaration, or admitted in argument, are substantially as follows:
That, by a certain act of Assembly of Virginia mentioned, certain territory, formerly in the county of Norfolk, was annexed to such city; that in this territory was…
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