Pulaski County v. Stuart, Buchanan & Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
On the 14th day of August, 1874, Stuart, Buchanan & Co. presented to the board of supervisors of Pulaski county, a claim for salt furnished to the county in 1862. This claim was rejected by the board of supervisors; and Stuart, Buchanan & Co. thereupon took an appeal to the county court.
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On the 14th day of August, 1874, Stuart, Buchanan & Co. presented to the board of supervisors of Pulaski county, a claim for salt furnished to the county in 1862. This claim was rejected by the board of supervisors; and Stuart, Buchanan & Co. thereupon took an appeal to the county court. Upon the hearing of the case in the comity court, that court reversed the *decision of the board of supervisors, and rendered a judgment in favor of Stuart, Buchanan & Co. for the sum of $650, with interest from the 1st of January, 1866. Prom this judgment the county appealed to the circuit court, where it…
1Opinion of the CourtChristian, J.
This is one of the numerous cases which have arisen since the close of the late civil war, upon contracts entered into by the county courts of this commonwealth under the act passed March 9th, 1862, “authorizing the county courts to purchase and distribute salt amongst the people, and provide payment for the same.”
The main question which arose in the other cases, to wit. that said act was void, because contrary to that provision of the constitution (article 10, section 10) which declares that “no county, city or corporation, shall levy or collect any tax for the payment of any debt contracted…
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