Chambers v. City of Roanoke

*767J. W. Chambers, the plaintiff in error, is a farmer residing upon his farm in Roanoke county, upon which he grows and produces farm and domestic products. On December 30, 1911, he brought a wagon load of produce from his farm to the city of Roanoke for sale, and drove his wagon upon market square, stopping on the side of the street next to the curb and outside the market-houses and sheds. On his refusal to pay the curbage tax demanded under a city ordinance, he was fined $5 by the police justice, whose judgment was affirmed on appeal to the corporation court. The case is before us on writ of…