Legal Opinion
Violett v. City Council of Alexandria
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 13, 1896PublishedCited by 40 opinions
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of Alexandria, pronounced on the 18th day of May, 1895, in a chancery cause wherein the appellee was complainant, and the appellants were defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The thirty-third section of the charter of the city of Alexandria, as amended by an act of the Legislature approved March 1, 1888, provides :
“ Whenever any street shall be laid out or extended, or any ■existing street graded, paved, or repaved, or culvert or sewer built, or curbing put down, two-thirds of the expenses thereof •shall be paid by the owners of the real estate benelitted thereby. Whenever any sidewalk shall be laid, the whole ■expense thereof shall be paid by the owners of the real estate "benelitted thereby.”
*563The City Council of Alexandria, by an ordinance approved May 12, 1886,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Spencer v. MerchantSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. BackusSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- McMillen v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Paulsen v. PortlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- John Doe v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- Peterson v. HaganWashington Supreme Court · 1960
- Strawberry Hill Land Corp. v. StarbuckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Carnegie Natural Gas Co. v. SwigerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
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