Williams v. Commonwealth ex rel. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Alexandria in a proceeding by quo warranto. Judgment for the petitioners. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The only question involved in this case, which is a proceeding of quo warranto, is whether or not the plaintiff in error was a resident of the city of Alexandria. It is averred in the petition for the writ, which was filed on the 25th of January, 1913, that the plaintiff in error was, at the regular election in June, 1910, elected a member of the common council of that city, from the second ward, for a term of four years, commencing on September 1 following, and that he qualified as such member of the council by taking the oath, and entered upon the discharge of his duties at the commencement…
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