Legal Opinion

Kloss v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 26, 1905PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of’ Fredericksburg, affirming a judgment of the mayor of said city,. imposing a fine on the plaintiff in error for doing business as a peddler without license.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Fredericksburg, affirming a judgment of the mayor of that city, finding John Floss, the plaintiff in error, guilty of carrying on the business of a peddler, without first having obtained a license therefor, as required by section, or paragraph, 50 of the tax bill approved April 16, 1903, as amended by an act approved Hay 13, 1903. Appendix to Va. Code/ 1904, pp. 2223-2224.

That section, so far as it is material to a consideration of this case, is as follows: “Any person who shall carry from place to place any goods,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Village of Stamford v. . FisherNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
  2. Commonwealth v. EichenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
  3. Harris v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
  4. Towle v. TowleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1873
  5. State v. FrankSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1902

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Enoch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
  2. Texas Co. v. AmosSupreme Court of Florida · 1919
  3. Elliott's Knob Iron, Steel & Coal Co. v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  4. Enoch v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
  5. L. Maxcy, Inc. v. MayoSupreme Court of Florida · 1940

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