City of Winchester v. Redmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Frederick county, rendered January 8, 1896, in an action of assumpsit wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of assumpsit to recover a reward of $500 offered by the City Council of Winchester to secure the apprehension and conviction of incendiaries.
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Argued at Staunton. Decided at Richmond. Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Frederick county, rendered January 8, 1896, in an action of assumpsit wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of assumpsit to recover a reward of $500 offered by the City Council of Winchester to secure the apprehension and conviction of incendiaries. The Council adopted a resolution in May, 1892, authorizing the mayor of the city to offer said reward, and a few weeks thereafter the mayor, over his official signature, published the…
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
This case is before us upon a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Frederick county rendered against the city of Winchester, for the amount of a reward offered by its Common Council for the apprehension and conviction of incendiaries.
The main and important question for our determination is, Did the Council have the power under the law to offer the reward, and bind the city for its payment?
A municipal corporation, as well as other corporations, is, in. this country at least, the creature of the legislative power of the State, and its charter is its constitution and fundamental…
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