Commonwealth v. Pierce's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Virginia
The administrator de bonis non of Thomas Pierce, de» ceased, presented to the Executive a cfemand of his intestate, for the liquidation and payment of a claim against the State, for the-passage of certain companies of militia, during the late war, over a tp] ¡-bridge belonging to the intestate. The amount demanded was $317 45 cents, being the sum due at the legal rate of tolls.
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The administrator de bonis non of Thomas Pierce, de» ceased, presented to the Executive a cfemand of his intestate, for the liquidation and payment of a claim against the State, for the-passage of certain companies of militia, during the late war, over a tp] ¡-bridge belonging to the intestate. The amount demanded was $317 45 cents, being the sum due at the legal rate of tolls. The Executive referred these accounts to the military accountant, who rejected all but a balance of $79 52 cents, for which the Governor gave an order to the Auditor of public accounts to issue a warrant on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Judge Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.*
From ease agreed, it appears that in 1813 and 1814, many companies of militia in the service of the Commonwealth passed over a bridge belonging to the intestate of the appellee, which was established, and the rates of toll fixed, by an act of Assembly. The tolls for the-passage of these troops, at the legal rate, amounted to % 317 45 cents. The intestate, in 1816, applied to the Executive for the payment of this account. They referred the accounts to the military accountant, and he allowed only $ 79 52 cents, as due upon them; for which the…
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