Robertson v. City of Staunton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton in a suit in chancery. Decree for defendant. Complainant appeals. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This cause originated in a bill filed by the appellant, Alexander F. Robertson, in the Corporation Court of the city of Staunton, praying an injunction against the issue by the city of five bonds of the denomination of one hundred dollars each, which were to be sold and the proceeds applied to improving the'streets and alleys of that city.
At the time of the adoption of the ordinance. providing for •the issue of these bonds, the outstanding interest-bearing bonds of the city of Staunton aggregated, in round numbers, $578,000, or nearly twenty-one…
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