Phillips v. City of Portsmouth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Portsmouth in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The first ground of demurrer to the declaration in this case is: “That the tax imposed by the city of Portsmouth on the capital stock of the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water Company for the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904 was not a tax, levy or assessment imposed upon any property or works of the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water Company, or its successors, necessary for the supply of ivater, as contemplated by the provisions of the contract between the city of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth and Suffolk Water Company, as set out in the plaintiff’s…
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