Commonwealth v. Weller & Sons
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Lynch-burg, rendered October 19, 1886, in a proceeding wherein the Commonwealth of Virginia was defendant, and W. L. Weller & Sons were plaintiffs.
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Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Lynch-burg, rendered October 19, 1886, in a proceeding wherein the Commonwealth of Virginia was defendant, and W. L. Weller & Sons were plaintiffs. That proceeding was under the act of January 14, 1882, to verify coupons tendered by them to pay their State taxes for 1885. At the trial, plaintiffs were called on to produce the State bonds from which the coupons were claimed to have been cut, under act of January 26, 1886. Plaintiffs objected on the ground that the act was repugnant to Constitution U. S., Article I, section 10. The court…
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the corporation court of the city of Lynchburg, rendered on the 19th day of October, 1886, upon an issue as to the genuineness of coupons offered in payment of taxes. The Commonwealth, by her attorney, moved that the plaintiffs be required to produce the original bonds from which the coupons were alleged to have been cut. The court overruled this motion, and the Commonwealth excepted. This is the first assignment of error here.
The plaintiffs, in the progress of the case, offered one P. A. Krise as an expert to prove the genuineness of the coupons. The…
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